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Bar Croft Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • (le) Berecroft 13,1412 WB25,40
  • Bercroft 1432 ib
  • Bar Croft 1850 TA

Etymology

, (le ) Berecroft 13, 1412WB 25, 40, Bercroft 1432ib 46, Bar Croft 1850TA , ' barley enclosure ' , v. bere , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement