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High Wythow

hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 410m

Birkett
Old NorseAI-generated

High Wythow likely refers to a high place associated with a person named Wigh or a dwelling. The name combines Old English and Old Norse elements.

Word origins

high
Old Englishhigh(from hēah "high")
wythow
Old Norsedwelling, enclosure(from víðr "wide", haugr "mound, hill")