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.
Survey of English place-names
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Tortree Hill
Tortree Hill
Other OS name in the Parish of Melmerby
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) . Cf.
two
Roods
called
Tor
-
Tree
1704 NicVisit .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Melmerby Fell
Melmerby Mire
Melmerby High and Low Scar
Birknab Wood
Hause Mouth
Turn Moor
Whinny Brow
Early-attested site
Gale Hall
Major Settlement
Melmerby