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Calf, Calf Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Etymology

, 1865 OS , partly in YW ( vi , 255 ) , calf generally being used in p. ns . of some smaller object near a large one , as in Riccal , originally Ricalf , a small affluent of the Rye (YN 5) , in Cow & Calf , the name of two rocks ( YW iv , 214 ) , or Calf of Man ( IoM , Marstrander 83 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site