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.

Dacre

Major Settlement in the Parish of Dacre

Historical Forms

Dacor c.1125 WM

Dacre c.1200 Coll.Top.etGen.

Daker 1212 Cur 1318 Carliol

Dakere 1278 StB

Dacar 1574 PR

Etymology

The place took its name from the stream supra 10.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site