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Survey of English Place-Names

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Barker Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Barker 1760,1846 PR

Etymology

, 1582–1692 PR (freq ) , named from some earlier member of the family of George or Joseph Barker (1760, 1846PR 316, 483) , v. barkere ' tanner ' , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement