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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mitchelland

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Mithal Land (sic) 1706 Ct
  • Mitchall Land 1706 Will
  • Michland 1718 Ct
  • Michaelland 1721 Will
  • Michel(l), Mitchell a.1546,1556 Kendi,346–7

Etymology

, 1836KCR , Mithal Land (sic)1706Ct , Mitchall Land 1706 Will, Michland 1718Ct , Michaelland 1721 Will, named from the Crook family of Michel (l ), Mitchell (a.1546, 1556 Kend i, 346–7) , v. land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement