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Survey of English Place-Names

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Horn Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Horne 16 PRKld

Etymology

, 1817 M , possibly named from the local family of Horne (16 PRKldpassim ) and Horncastle L ( cf. also i, 264supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name