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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tinker Brook, Tinker Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Tinker Brook 1621 SheffMan

Etymology

, Tinker Brook 1621 SheffMan , cf. Tinkerfeild 1506 Cust , Tinker -Carre , Tinker -House 1621 ib , ME  tinkere ' a tinker ' , perhaps as a surname , v. brōc , feld , kjarr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement