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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.

Barrow Field

Field in the Parish of Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby and Ormesby St Michael

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA 1736 Love
  • Barrow Field 1587 Dep

Etymology

Barrow Field(Barrow Field 1587 Dep PRO, 1736; cf.Barowe Dykes 1524 AD, Berghe Dykes 1524 ib, Barrow Lowes 1587 Dep PRO,(v. beorg, dík, díki, hlāw)