English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Pinch Cove & Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Pinch crags 1684 Ambls
  • Pinch cragg 1764 ib

Etymology

, Pinch crags 1684 Ambls 84, Pinch cragg 1764 ib 15 , probably the surn . Pinch , v. cragge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name