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.

Chairbarrows

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Chearbarrow Field 1797 EnclA
  • Cherb(o)roughs 1849 TA

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , Chearbarrow Field 1797EnclA 46, Cherb (o )roughs 1849TA , possibly of the same origin as Sherbarrow ii , 41 supra , ' bright grove ' , v. scīr 2 , bearu ; Sherbarrow has occasional Cher - spellings .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement