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Barkbooth

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Bark(e)booth 1535 Kendii,98 1633 PR 1694 et freq
  • Bark(e)bough 1655 ib
  • Bark(e)bore 1789,1792 1857 OS

Etymology

, Bark (e )booth 1535 Kendii, 98, 1633 PRet freq to 1694 ib, Bark (e )bough 1655 ib, Bark (e )bore 1789, 1792 ib,1857OS , the first el . probably ME  bark ( ON  bǫrkr ) ' bark of a tree ' ( esp . used in tanning ) , the name denoting ' a shed where bark was used or stored , a tan - house ' , v. bōth .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site