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Survey of English Place-Names

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Snarker Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Snaka Mosse 1721 Ct
  • Snake how moss 1764 Ambls

Etymology

, Snaka Mosse 1721Ct 11, Snake how moss 1764 Ambls 15 , ' snake-hill bog ' , from OE  snaca , v. haugr , mos , cf. Snake pike ( infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name