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.

Oldacre

Other OS name in the Parish of Baswich or Berkswich

Historical Forms

  • Oldecarre 1570 Survey 1585 Comm

Etymology

, 1836O , Oldecarre 1570Survey , 1585Comm , ' the marshy land wherealders grew ' from alor and kjarr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site