English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitbarrow Ho & Whitbarrow Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Lymm

Historical Forms

  • Whydebarrowe 1538 Plea
  • Whitbarrow Lane 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Whydebarrowe 1538 Plea, Whitbarrow Lane 1831Bry , ' white grove ' , v. hwīt , bearu , cf. Whitbarrows Field & Whitbarrows Sparth 1839TA , v. sparð .