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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nappa Flats

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Nappaie fflats 1609 ib

Etymology

, 1664 PRGis , Nappaie fflats 1609ib , v. flat ' level piece of ground ' , named from Nappa (172supra ) across the R . Ribble .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site