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Carr Gutter

Other OS name in the Parish of Goxhill

Etymology

, cf. (le ) Kerdik '1260, lHy3 (l14)Gox , the Carr Dike 1693Foster ( v. dīc , dík ) , Kerdaile 1268 Ch ( v. deill ) , keer ( sic ) ( l14 ) Gox , le carr m16Cragg , the Carre 1631Dudd , 1648LindDep 67 , 1660ib 78 , 1678, 1709Dudd , the Carr 1648Foster , 1775EnclA , y e Carr 1685LindDep 67 , the Carr heads 1678BPD , the Carr Bank 1775EnclA , from kjarr ' brushwood ' in ME ' a bog, a marsh, especiallyone where brushwood grows ' .