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Thompson Fold

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Thompson 1761 CWxix,144

Etymology

, 1865 OS , cf. Thompsons houses 1690CtB , Thompsons field 1710 ib , named from the family of William Thompson (1761 CW xix, 144) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site