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Rainsborrow Cove & Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Rangebarrow Crag 1836 KCR

Etymology

, 1865 OS , Rangebarrow Crag 1836KCR , it is a nesting - place of ravens and buzzards ( ex inf . Mr Bruce Thompson ) , so the first el . may be hræfn ' raven ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement