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Horrows Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Orrow 1662 Glebe
  • Orrah 1684,1764 1737 PRGr
  • Horrors 1843 TA

Etymology

, Orrow 1662Glebe ,Orrah 1684, 1764 ib, 1737 PRGr, Horrors 1843TA , possibly ' blackcock hill ' , v. orri , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site