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Survey of English Place-Names

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Barrow Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Radley

Historical Forms

  • Barrow Hilles 1547 LRMB
  • Barow Hills 1548 ib
  • Barrowhill Leaze 1554 ib

Etymology

1761 Rocque , Barrow Hilles 1547LRMB , Barow Hills 1548ib , Barrowhill Leaze 1554ib , v. beorg ' barrow ' , the excavation of some Bronze Age barrows here is described in Oxoniensia 1952 – 3 .