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Survey of English Place-Names

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Handley's Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Handley 1571–1815 PR

Etymology

, 1859OS , named from some member of the numerous local family of Handley 1571–1815 PR ( passim ) , 1672 NWm 221–2 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement