County | Cumberland |
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Transcript | [na]ward |
Icon description |
single building walls with two gates |
Icons |
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Description | faded |
Appearances |
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Etymology | OE near, 'narrow' + OE weard, 'stronghold' |
Translation | |
Earlier editors | Nawyrd [Naworth castle] (Gough); naward (Parsons) |
Early Maps | narward (Angliae Figura) |
Overwritten | no |
Attested spelling | Naward Gough Map et passim t. 1777 NB |