Horkstow Carrs
Other OS name in the Parish of Horkstow
Historical Forms
- the Carrs 1762 Yarb
Etymology
, the Carrs 1762Yarb , cf. South Care dich 1606Terrier , the South carre 1635Yarb , the South Carr 1680ib , South carre 1685ib , South Carr 1715, 1722ib , the common Carre 1638Terrier , West Carre 1635(c.1900) LindDep 78 , Far Car 1832Yarb , Far Carr 1840TA . On both sides of the R . Ancholme are a series of Carrs named from the parish in which they are situated , as here . In the list of f. ns . infra are a number of names in Carr , those of individual fields in Horkstow Carrs . The meaning is ' the marshes ' , v. kjarr .