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Survey of English Place-Names

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Phillipson's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Phil(l)ipson 1578 Kendi,333 1634,1669 ib

Etymology

, 1836KCR , named from some member of the local family of Phil (l )ipson (1578 Kend i, 333, 1634,1669 ib 339, 340) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement