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.

The Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of East and West Retford

Historical Forms

  • Rettforde Karre 1319 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rettforde Karre 1319 ib . v. kiarr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement