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Hodgehowe Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Hoggehalebek 1256 Ass69

Etymology

, 1857OS , possibly identical with Hoggehalebek 1256 Ass 69 , the ME  pers.n. Hogge , Hodge , v. halh ' nook of land ' , bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name