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.

Karkebucholm WestF

Field in the Parish of Whitbeck

Historical Forms

1228–43 DuLa

Etymology

Karkebucholm WestF(inversion compound of OWelsh carrecc,'rock' and bukkr, holmr)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Whitbeck