English Place-name Society

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.

Ruswarp Carr

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • bosco qui vocat' Le Ker 1282 Whitby
  • Ruswarp Carr 1623 NR

Etymology

'Ruswarp marsh' v. kjarr .