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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fell Plain

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Crokefell 1570 FF
  • Crook(e)fell 1570,1580 Kendi,157,332
  • Fell 1718 Ct

Etymology

, 1836KCR , cf. also Fell closes 1706Ct , Fell houses 1718 ib , named from Crokefell 1570FF , Crook (e )fell 1570, 1580 Kend i, 157,332, Fell 1718Ct , v. fjall ' fell, hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement