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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shepherd Yeat

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Shepherd yate 1836 KCR
  • Shepherd wife 1838 TA

Etymology

, Shepherd yate 1836KCR , probably the surn . Shepherd ( cf. the f.n. Shepherd wife 1838TA ) , v. geat ' gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name