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Survey of English Place-Names

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High & Low Borrans

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Borrans 1751 CWliv,156 1777 M
  • Low Burrans 1823 M

Etymology

, Borrans 1751 CW liv,156, 1777 M, Low Burrans 1823 M , v. burgæsn ' cairn ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name