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Double Barrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Affpuddle

Historical Forms

  • (Weste)rowbarrow(e) 1559 Feth
  • Row Barrow 1811 OS

Etymology

, (Weste )rowbarrow (e )1559Feth ,Row Barrow 1811 OS , ' rough barrow ' from rūh ( wk . obl . rūgan ) and beorg , cf. Rowbarrow hundred supra ; tumulus marked 6 ″ .