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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pot in the Fell

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • the Pott in the sayd fell syde 1592 Comm

Etymology

, the Pott in the sayd fell syde 1592Comm , v. potte ' pot-hole, pit ' , fjall ' mountain ' ( here Whernside ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement