Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tarnemyre 1581 BdyR

• Tarne wett mire 1701 ib

• Tarnwath hole Hy2 NB 1645

• Tarne waterhooll 1581 BdyR

• Tarne wet(t) hole 1684 Dd 1701 BdyR 1730 Hothf

Etymology

( Tarnemyre 1581BdyR , Tarne wett mire 1701 ib ) ( 1720BdyR , Tarnwath hole Hy 2 (1645) NB 518, Tarne waterhooll 1581BdyR , Tarne wet (t ) hole 1684Dd , 1701BdyR ,1730Hothf ) , both named from the lake at Tarn in Ravenstonedale(ii, 32infra ) , v. tjǫrn , wēt ' wet ' ( or wæter ) , mýrr , hol 1 ; the ' hole ' ( called a swallow hole in 1859OS ) is a cove in which a stream sinks into the ground .