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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brown Howe

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Broune 1332 SR

Etymology

, 1857OS , ' brown hill ' , but possibly named from the family of Richard Broune 1332SR , v. brūn , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name