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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wharton Dikes, Fell, Hall, & Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Wharton dykes 1672 NWm 1698 PR(Wp) 1726 Dep
  • -Park(e) 1581,1636 BdyR

Etymology

( ib , Wharton dykes 1672 NWm 144, 1698 PR(Wp), 1726Dep ) ( 1861 OS ) ( 1577 Harrison , 1586 Camd , 1653, 1670CliffordL ) ( -Park (e )1581, 1636BdyR , cf. Wharton Park wall 1684Dd ) , v. dīc , fjall , hall ( on the hall erected c. 1415 – 18 , cf. NWm131–2 ) , park .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site