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.

Tarbags

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swineshead

Etymology

No early form of this name is known. It is just possible that it contains the personal name Terebagge (= tear-bag), found in the 1227 Assize Roll, but unfortunately with no indication of the part of the county to which its holder belonged.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement