Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Kerre, Keire 1220 Cur

• Carry 1318,1409 FF

• Karree 1355 Wim

• Karry 1431 FA

• Carye Farm 1611 Hutch3

• North Cary or Cold Harbour 1774 Hutch1 1861 Hutch3

• South Cary 1774 Hutch1

• South Cary or Cary Mills 1861 Hutch3

Etymology

Carey (Fm) (SY 904881, 897884) [ˈkɛːri], Kerre , Keire 1220 Cur, Carry 1318, 1409 FF, Karree 1355Wim , Karry 1431 FA, Carye Farm 1611 Hutch3, North Cary or Cold Harbour 1774 Hutch1, 1861 Hutch3, South Cary 1774 Hutch1, South Cary or Cary Mills 1861 Hutch3, cf. Cary Mill 1811 OS. It is tempting to suppose that this is perhaps a Brit r.n. identical with R. Carey D 3 and R. Cary So (v. Ekwall RN 70f, Jackson 612–3), which may then have been an earlier name for (the lower course of) R. Piddle or Trent on the N bank of which Carey and Carey Fm stand, cf. Keysworth Fm infra . However, as Professor Löfvenberg points out, the double r in the ME forms tells against this derivation. There was a grist-mill and a tucking-mill here in 1611 Hutch3, and a paper-mill in 1774 Hutch1. For Cold Harbour, v. infra .