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.

Routh Carrs

Other OS name in the Parish of Routh

Historical Forms

  • Whytkerram 1150–60 Melsa
  • marisco de Ruda 1286–1310 ib

Etymology

was formerly Whytkerram 1150–60 Melsa (v. hwit,kiarr) and is marisco de Ruda 1286–1310 ib .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement