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Survey of English Place-Names

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Needle Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Needlous 1667 ib
  • Needless 1710 ib

Etymology

, Nedl ( e ) howse , Nedl ( e ) hous 1595 , 1597 , 1624 Needlous 1667 ib, Needless 1710 ib , probably the surname Needle ( Reaney229 ) , v. hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement