English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Hawes Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Hawes 1848 TA

Etymology

, Hawes 1848TA , v. hals ' col, pass ' , here denoting a narrow part of the Lune valley above Underley Hall where the river makes a sharp turn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site