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King's Pot

Other OS name in the Parish of Warcop

Historical Forms

  • Kings pott, a currock 1807 BdyR

Etymology

, 1731Wyb , Kings pott , a currock 1807BdyR , from the surname King , v. potte ' pit ' ; a currock was a cairn or pile of stones .