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Survey of English Place-Names

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South Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Hibaldstow

Historical Forms

  • the South Car 1843 Stubbs

Etymology

, 1664Monson , the South Car 1843Stubbs , cf. the South Carr Road 1796EnclA , 1837Red , v. sūð , kjarr ' brushwood, a marsh,especially one overgrown with brushwood ' , as elsewhere in the parish .