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Barrows Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Barrasgre(e)ne 1598,1624 PR(K)
  • Barrowesgre(e)ne 1618,1625 1626 FF

Etymology

, Barrasgre (e )ne 1598, 1624 PR(K), Barrowesgre (e )ne 1618, 1625 ib, 1626FF , named from the local family of Barray , Barrow ( c. 1543, 1597 Kend ii, 197–8 , cf. Underbarrow i, 100infra ) , v. grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site