Barrow Elm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hatherop
Historical Forms
- la Berge 1400 BGix,333
- Brighthallesbarrowe Feld 1540 MinAcct, AOMB
Etymology
Barrow Elm, 1766EnclA , 1777 M, la Berge 1400 BG ix, 333, may be identified with Brighthallesbarrowe Feld 1540MinAcct , AOMB (though that is possibly in Kempsford (40infra )); it would be the name of the hundred meeting-place (cf. 22supra ). The name refers to a tumulus in the centre of the hundred at the crossing of the Fairford-Hatherop road and the Lechlade-Barnsley road (grid 157–161043). The modern name referred to a large elm growing on the low flat-topped barrow; v. beorg 'tumulus', elm .