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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hird Ho & Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Etymology

, 1859OS , named from the family of John Hird or Hugh Hird 1574, 1671 Kend ii, 55, 57 , cf. Holehird(i, 196infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name