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Barrow Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Arlingham

Historical Forms

  • le, atte Berwe 1304 Ipm 1327 SR
  • Berwewater 1318 Berk
  • the Barrow 1639 InqM

Etymology

, 1802EnclA , le , atte Berwe 1304 Ipm,1327SR (p ), Berwewater (a fishery) 1318 Berk, the Barrow 1639 InqM , v. beorg ' hill ' , a prominent hill on the neck of the peninsula .