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Survey of English Place-Names

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Houghton Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Castleford

Historical Forms

  • Houghton Carr(e) 1589,1606,1613 FF

Etymology

, Houghton Carr (e )1589, 1606, 1613 FF , v. kjarr ' marsh ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement