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Pasture Reach

lake or loch · North Yorkshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Pasture Reach likely refers to a stretch of water where livestock were grazed or watered. The name combines the Old English word for grazing land with a term for a body of water or a section of a river.

Word origins

Pasture
Old Englishgrazing land(from pæstir "pasture")
Reach
Old Englishstretch of water(from ræce "stretch of water, river-course")