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Survey of English Place-Names

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Falbarrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Fallbarrow 1698 Will 1706,1707 Ct

Etymology

, Fallbarrow 1698 Will, 1706, 1707Ct , ' hillwith a clearing ' , v. (ge)fall , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name