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Limebar Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Aldborough

Historical Forms

  • Limebar Field 1800 EnclA
  • Limeber Close 1841 TA

Etymology

, Limebar Field 1800EnclA 13,Limeber Close 1841TA , cf. also West Lyme Car 1639 Ct , Limecar field 1663Glebe , v. līm ' lime, limestone ' , beorg ' hill ' and ( if Car is not an error for bar ) kjarr ' marsh ' .