English Place-name Society

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.

Clack Barn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bythorn

Historical Forms

  • terra quondam Clack c.1350 Rams

Etymology

This land is named from a man bearing the common Scand. pers. name Klakkr , which was early adopted into Anglo- Scandinavian personal nomenclature, and appears in the 12th cent. in the forms Clac , Clach .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement