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.

Barrowhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Staveley

Historical Forms

  • Barrow Hill 1845 Neele

Etymology

, Barrow Hill 1845Neele , being named from Richard Barrow , coal owner and iron founder ( ex . inf . Clerk to Staveley U.D.C . ) .