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.

Urra

Early-attested site in the Parish of Helmsley

Historical Forms

Horhowe 1301 LS

Orrow(e) 1377 Baildon 1382 Kirkham

Etymology

v. haugr . The first element is OE horh 'filth' as in Horcum (Pick) 91infra .

Places in the same Parish