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Survey of English Place-Names

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Straw Barrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Shapwick

Historical Forms

  • Shawbarrow (sic) 1848 TA
  • Staw Barra 1591 DLMB

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Shawbarrow (sic)1848TA , possiblyto be identified with Staw Barra 1591DLMB ( in bounds of Kingston Lacy ) , v. beorg , perhaps with strēaw ' straw ' .