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Newton Car(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of West Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Newton Carr 1552 Orm2

Etymology

( lost , 100–225881 ) , 1842 OS , Newton Carr 1552 Orm2 , cf. Car Meadow 1639 Sheaf , Carr Lane 1831 Bry, 1847TAMap , cf. also Carr, Carr Lane, Carr Side 290, 300, 298supra , ' the marsh ' , v. kjarr . This ancient common was about to be enclosed in 1819 , Orm 2 ii 491 .