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.

Hurlbarrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Gosforth

Historical Forms

  • Hurlebarrow 1638 PR

Etymology

is Hurlebarrow 1638 (PR ) . It may have reference to the round - shaped Bleng Fell , v. hwyrfel and be(o)rg .