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.

The Ark Weir

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleton with Eaton

Historical Forms

  • The Ark Wear 1830 OS

Etymology

, The Ark Wear 1830 OS , cf. Ark Close 1828StJohnMap ; Thacker ( v. 387 ) p. 83 says Noah 's Ark was an inn or house ½ mile below the weir , v. Pt 1283 .