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.

Barker 's Close

Field in the Parish of Happisburgh

Historical Forms

  • 1840 TA

Etymology

Barker's Close(v. Reaney s.n. Barker, from OFr  berchier, bercher, berker'shepherd')

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement