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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chester Bar

Other OS name in the Parish of St Oswald's

Historical Forms

  • Chester Barre c.1536 Leland 1540 Sheaf
  • the Barre of Chester 1597 ib

Etymology

, Chester Barre c.1536 Leland, 1540 Sheaf, the Barre of Chester 1597 ib , the bar across the mouth of the Dee estuary , v. barre .