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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tar Barrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Cirencester

Historical Forms

  • Thoreboruhe, Thoreberowe c.1210 BaddeleyC
  • Tarbury Barrow 1777 M

Etymology

, 1830 M , Thoreboruhe , Thoreberowe c. 1210 BaddeleyC, Tarbury Barrow 1777 M , a tumulus , ME  Thori ( ON  Þórir ) , v. beorg .