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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Field Tenement

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Feilde 1556 Kendi,346
  • Field 1706 PR(Cr)

Etymology

, 1836KCR , named from the family of Steven Feilde (1556 Kend i, 346) or RobertField (1706 PR(Cr) 183) , cf. Fisher's Tenement (i, 104supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement