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Survey of English Place-Names

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Yard Loup

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Yard Lowpe 1687 BdyR

Etymology

, Yard Lowpe 1687BdyR , a county boundary stone ; probably OE  gerd ' stick, rod ' ( perhaps in the sense ' shepherd's staff ' ) , v. hlaup ' leap, jump ' , used of a declivity or a chasm .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site