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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thief Fold Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Theswald (sic for Thefwald) 16 Kendii,8

Etymology

, Theswald (sic for Thefwald )16 Kend ii, 8 , v. þēof ' thief ' , wald .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name