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Horrockwood

Other OS name in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Hurrock Wodd 1598 ib
  • Horrock Wood 1793 ClarkeM

Etymology

is Hurrock Wodd 1598ib., Horrock Wood 1793 ClarkeM . This is presumably NCy hurrock , ' a piled-up heap of loose stones or rubbish , ' a cognate of Norw dial. horg , ' a heap, confused mass , ' v. EDD .