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.
Survey of English place-names
Home
Search
Browse
About
Home
/
Browse
/
North Riding of Yorkshire
/
the Honour of Richmondshire
/
Gilling West Wapentake
/
Bowes
/
Bowes
/
Mirk Fell
Mirk Fell
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowes
Historical Forms
Mirkfell
13
RichReg
Etymology
'Dark mountain' from ON
myrkr
and
fell
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Stainmore
Stony Keld
Kilmond
Rere or Rey Cross
Sleightholme
Spital
Major Settlement
Bowes
Gilmonby
