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Sourbers Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Sarebar 1647 Raist
  • Sarber 1843 TA
  • Sourber 1857 O.S.

Etymology

, Sarebar 1647Raist , Sarber 1843TA , Sourber 1857 O.S. , ' hill with sour land ' , v. saurr , beorg ; on the form sar - for sour - cf. Phonol. § 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site