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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bracken Howe

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Brackenhow 1597 PR
  • Breckenhowe 1613 ib

Etymology

, a tumulus now submerged , Brackenhow 1597 PR, Breckenhowe 1613 ib , ' mound in the bracken ' , v. brakni , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement