English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Hawkearth Moss & Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • le Hankherd (sic for Hauk-, stated to be in Strickland Ketel, an adjacent parish) 1397 Pat
  • Haukearth 1692 PR(Cr)

Etymology

, le Hankherd (sic for Hauk -,stated to be in Strickland Ketel, an adjacent parish)1397 Pat, Haukearth 1692 PR(Cr) , ' ground haunted by a hawk ' , v. hafoc , eorðe , cf. Old earth ( i , 32 supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement