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Moor Pot

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • the Mearepott 1636 BdyR(M.3)
  • the Maior pott 1652 ib
  • Merepott 1684 ib
  • Morepott 1684 Dd

Etymology

, 1859OS , adapted from the Mearepott 1636BdyR (M. 3), the Maior pott 1652 ib (M. 4), Merepott 1684 ib (M. 5), Morepott 1684Dd ' boundarypot-hole ' , v. (ge)mǣre , potte ; it is on the Mallerstang boundary .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site