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Swarth Fell

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Swarth(e)fell end 1636,1652 BdyR(M.3,4)

Etymology

, Swarth (e )fell end 1636, 1652BdyR (M. 3, 4) , ' black hill ' , v. svartr , fjall , cf. Swarth Fell (ii, 217infra ) , Norw  Svartfjeld ( NG xvi , 272 , xvii , 99 ) , but it is sometimes possible , esp . where the ME  form isSwarth - , that the first el . is ON  svǫrðr ' greensward, turf ' , as in Icel Svarðarbrekkur ( cf. Franzen, LaxdON 132 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site