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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spy Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Spy Craggs 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Spy Craggs 1836KCR , probably ' look-out crag ' , from the e. ModE  verbal stem spy , v. cragge , cf. Spying How (i, 192infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name