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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bar Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Bargraunge 1459 TestLds 1481,1491 WillY
  • Bargraunge juxta Kirkstall 1480 TestLds
  • Bargraunge nere Cristall 1552 ib
  • Bargrange 1609 PRLds
  • The Grange beside Cristall Abbay 1527 WillY
  • Barre Gra(u)nge 1541 TC 1576 PRLds
  • Kirkstallbargrandge 1589 WillY
  • Burley Barr c.1725 M

Etymology

Bar Grange (lost), Bargraunge 1459 TestLds, 1481, 1491 WillY, Bargraunge juxta Kirkstall 1480 TestLds, Bargraunge nere Cristall 1552 ib, Bargrange 1609 PRLds, The Grange beside Cristall Abbay 1527 WillY, Barre Gra (u )nge 1541 TC, 1576 PRLds, Kirkstallbargrandge 1589 WillY.v. barre 'a bar, a barrier across a road', grange . The bar was possibly Burley Barr c. 1725 M. This was a grange of Kirkstall Abbey and near it. Other granges of the Abbey were Moor Grange and New Grange infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name