Diana Whalley (DLDPN) gives '(The site of a/the) battle' from ON
_orrusta_ adopted into ME as _orrest_.
Henry Gough-Cooper
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From: David Harris <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, 18 May 2012 12:47
Subject: Re: [EPNL] Orehead (Westmorland)
There is a hill called Orrest Head near Windermere. Whether the first
element
refers to mining I do not know.
Dave Harris
On 17 May 2012, at 10:08, "Henry Gough-Cooper" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Reaney & Wilson give Orred < Wulfraed .
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> From: Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thu, 17 May 2012 9:51
> Subject: [EPNL] Orehead (Westmorland)
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> There is a mention in 1711 of “a causeway and ditch in Lyth called
the
Orehead Causey” (Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 3
John F.
Curwen (editor) 1926 pp.208-213). This is Lyth near Levens. The
southern
part of Levens is called Causeway End, and from there a road called Old
Road
goes west across marshes towards a hill (White Scar) showing signs of
mining
(http://binged.it/Mn4A67). Is the word “ore” used in this area to
refer to
mining, and are hills called heads? (The surname Orehead occurs around
1600 in
Frodsham in Cheshire, and Orred is a common surname in Lancashire.)
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