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Bracken How

hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 373m

Birkett
Old NorseAI-generated

This name refers to a hill or mound covered in bracken. 'Bracken' is a type of fern, and 'how' means hill or mound.

Word origins

Bracken
Old Norsebracken, fern(from brakni "bracken, fern")
How
Old Norsehill, mound(from haugr "hill, mound")