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.

Agar Creek

Other OS name in the Parish of Morston

Etymology

, v. OE  ēgor ' flood, high tide ' , ModE  eagre , dial . ager ' atidal wave of unusual height ' ( OED s.v . ) , evidenced in the dial . of East Anglia as eager ' impetuous and dangerous aggravation of the tide insome rivers ' ( Forby ) .