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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mearbeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Mearbeck(e) 1554,1637 WillY 1672 Thn

Etymology

, Mearbeck (e )1554, 1637 WillY, 1672Thn 169 , ' boundary stream ' , v. (ge)mǣre , bekkr ; the stream from which the place is named runs along the Long Preston boundary .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name