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Survey of English Place-Names

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Grains Beck & Grains Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malham

Historical Forms

  • Grains Pasture 1845 Raist
  • Kirkby Grains 1774 ib

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , Grains Pasture 1845Raist , Kirkby Grains 1774 ib , v. grein ' fork in a stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site