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.

Black Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • (the) Blacke Carr(e) 1588 WillY 1587 WYD 1612 WillC 1656 Briggs

Etymology

, (the ) Blacke Carr (e )1588 WillY,1587 WYD, 1612 WillC, 1656Briggs , ' black marsh ' , v. blæc , kjarr , a common YW p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement