Carbuncle Ditch
Other OS name in the Parish of Tottenham
Historical Forms
- Garbol dich 1408 RobinsonT
- Garbell Ditch 1600 ib
- Carbuncle or Garbell Ditch 1840 ib
Etymology
is Garbol dich 1408RobinsonT, Garbell Ditch 1600 ib., Carbuncle or Garbell Ditch 1840 ib . The original name would seem to contain the word garboil , ' confusion, disturbance , ' hitherto not recorded before 1548 ( cf. NED s. v . ) with a strange later corruption . The interpretation of the name is obscure .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Clayhill Fm
- Markfield Ho
- Tottenham Hale
- Tottenham High Cross
- West Green
- Wildmarsh
- Wood Green
- Clendish Marsh
- Mitchley Marsh
- Bounds Green
- Ducketts
- Seven Sisters
- Bruce Castle
- Hanger Lane