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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bonby Carrs

Other OS name in the Parish of Bonby

Historical Forms

  • the Carrs in Bondby 1632 Yarb
  • Bondby Carrs 1767 Stubbs
  • Bonby Water Carrs 1824 O 1830 Gre

Etymology

, the Carrs in Bondby 1632Yarb , Bondby Carrs 1767Stubbs , Bonby Water Carrs 1824 O, 1830 Gre , v. kjarr , in the sense ' boggy land ' , as elsewhere in this parish .