English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Currick

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Etymology

, a cairn , referred to as ' a hurrock of stones at Long Gill Head ' 1684Dd , cf. ModE  dial. hurrock ' cairn ' ; currick is a ModE dial . form also meaning ' cairn ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site