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Barff Vale

Other OS name in the Parish of North Kelsey

Etymology

, cf. (a furlong cauled ) Barfe 1662, 1663, 1669Terrier , barffe 1673ib , (the ) Barg 1763Nelthorpe , 1812Dixon , the Sowre barth 1615Nelthorpe , Soure Barfe 1776ib ( v. sūr ' sour, damp,coarse (of land) ' ) , the little barfe 1625ib , dial barf ( OE  beorg ) ' alow ridge or hill ' .