Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Magna, parua Barrok' 1272 For

• Barrokmosse 1272 CWvi

• Barrok' 1285 For 1404 Pat

• Barrock c.1295 Weth

• Barwick 1612 PR(Skelton)

• Barrwick 1716 Devonshire

• Little Barwick alias Wragmire Causeway Tenement 1742 James

• Barrokfeld 1338 MinAcct 1460 Fine

• Barofeld 1375 ib

• Barrofeld 1378 Pat

• ExchKr, Barwickfeild(e) 1650 ParlSurv 1677 Rental

• Great, Little Barrockfeild 1665 LRMB

• Barwick Fell 1791 James

• (Little) Barrockside 1619 ExchKR 1677 Rental

• Berwick-side 1703 NicVisit

• Barwick Yate 1791 James

• Barrock Yeat 1813 ib

Etymology

The word barroc , which is contained in all these names, is a hill- name of British origin which must originally have been applied to Barrock Fell. It is derived from an OCeltic  *barro -, 'top, crest,' which has given rise to an English place-name in Barr (St) and which is contained in many names in Wales and Cornwall. The form barroc occurs again in southern England as the name of the wood, called by Asser (1) Berroc silva , which gave name to Berkshire, Bearrucscir ASC c. 900 (s. a. 860). Cf. Barrock in Broughton infra 274.

For the alternative name for Little Barrock, v. Wragmire supra 164.