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Swindale Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Swyndellbeck 1249 ShpDd
  • aquam de Swyndale 1292 Ass3 1429 Lowth
  • Swyndale bek 1473 ib
  • Swindall head 1693 PR

Etymology

( Swyndellbeck 1249 ShpDd 58, aquam de Swyndale 1292Ass 3,1429Lowth , Swyndale bek 1473 ib ) , Foot ( 1865 OS ) , & Head ( Swindall head 1693 PR ) , v. Swindale (supra ) , bekkr , fōt , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement