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Ormerley Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Drax

Historical Forms

  • terram Horm 1130–9 YChvi
  • Ormery Carr 1840 TA
  • Omeley Wood 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, terram Horm 1130–9 YCh vi, Ormery Carr 1840TA , Omeley Wood 1841 O.S. , from the ON  pers.n. Ormr , lēah ' clearing ' .