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.

Shire Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby in Ashfield

Etymology

. Cf. le Karre , super Ker c. 1300NewsteadB . v. kiarr . The place is by the county ( shire ) boundary .