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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Brough Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Burg 1218 FF
  • murum de Burgh 1283 Dugdv.575

Etymology

v. burh . Roman remains and fortifications have been found here.