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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.

Tarnhow

Other OS name in the Parish of Gosforth

Etymology

is so named in 1782 (PR) . There was formerly a tarn here ( Parker 44 ) . v. tiǫrn and haugr .