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Survey of English Place-Names

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Midge Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Midghole 1606,1635 PR

Etymology

, Midghole 1606, 1635 PR , ' a soft boggy place ' , cf. Midge Hole iii, 200supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement