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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gurnal Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1836KCR , like Gurnal Bridge(i, 147supra ) , named from a local Kendal family of Gurnel ( cf. Elinor Girnell of the adjacent parish of Underbarrow 1669 Kend i,376 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement