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Calflay Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Calva cragg 1836 KCR
  • Calfhowe Crag 1857 OS

Etymology

, 1857OS , Calva cragg 1836KCR , Calfhowe Crag 1857OS , ' calf hill ' , v. calf , haugr , cragge ; the modern form should probably be Calfay .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement