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Survey of English Place-Names

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Barrowfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Bar(r)owfeld(e) c.1540 Kendi,155 1553 FF 1662 RateK
  • Barrofeild 1541 Kendi,84
  • Barrey Fyld 1556 ib

Etymology

, Bar (r )owfeld (e )c. 1540Kend i, 155, 1553FF , 1662RateK 6, Barrofeild 1541 Kend i, 84,Barrey Fyld 1556 ib 90 , v. beorg ' hill ' and Underbarrow (supra ) , feld ' open country, common field ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement