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.

Barugh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Darton

Historical Forms

  • Berg 1086 DB
  • Berc(am) 1090 Pont 12 Hntii,260 1108–14 YCh1485
  • Berig 1243 Fees
  • Bergh(e) 1297 YI 1304 Ebor 1316 Vill 1333 FF 1459 BM
  • Bargh(e) 14 Brett 1379 PT 1430 Brett 1449 Pat 1617 FF
  • Little Barugh 1656 WillS

Etymology

'The hill', v. beorg ; cf. Barugh YN 74. Little - refers to Low Barugh.