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.

Dyrah

Early-attested site in the Parish of Renwick

Historical Forms

Dyrawe 1332 SR

Etymology

Apparently 'deer-hedge,' from an ON dýr hagi.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Renwick