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Flesh Crags

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Flesh crage 1684 Ambls

Etymology

, Flesh crage 1684 Ambls 84 , probably ON  fles ' rockyisle, flat crag ' , as suggested for Fleshbeck (i, 50supra ) , v. cragge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name