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Barrackbank Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Brougham

Historical Forms

  • Barwick bankes 1651 BdyR(Og1)
  • -bank 1839 TA

Etymology

, Barwick bankes 1651BdyR (Og 1), -bank 1839TA , cf. also Barrykholm Hy 6Rent , Barrek holme 1523Sheriff Acct 6 , v. bere-wīc ' outlying grange ' ( perhaps here as a surname ) , banke , holmr ' water-meadow ' .