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Survey of English Place-Names

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Carus Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Carus 1555 Kendi,324,331

Etymology

, named from the local family of Richard Cayrous ( 1374 , Richard Carus 1555 Kend i, 324, 331 ) , the latter having had a tenement in Staveley ( 1596 ib 335 ) , cf. CairusGreen (i, 119supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name