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Little Blencow

hamlet · Westmorland and Furness

Old EnglishAI-generated

Little Blencow is a small settlement whose name may derive from a personal name and the Old English word 'halh', meaning a nook or corner of land. It is distinguished from a larger place of the same name.

Word origins

Little
Old Englishsmall(from lȳtel "small")
Blencow
Old Englishnook of land belonging to Blen(from Blen-halh "Blen's nook")

Historical forms

Blencou · Little Blencow