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Whitley Carr

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Whaley Carre (sic) 1487 SheffMan
  • Whitley Carr(e) 1510,1530 1531 Cust

Etymology

, Whaley Carre (sic)1487 SheffMan, Whitley Carr (e )1510, 1530 ib,1531 Cust , v. Whitley supra , kjarr ' marsh ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name