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.

Harker and Harker Marsh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broughton Moor

Historical Forms

  • Hartecar Tame 1560 Cocker
  • Harker 1654 ib
  • Harkare 1693 ib
  • Harker Marsh 1852 ib

Etymology

'Hart marsh,' v. heorot , kiarr , tiǫrn .

Places in the same Parish