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Morray Barn & Morray Plant

Other OS name in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Murray 1696 YASDd
  • Morow 1716 ib

Etymology

. , 'a place called Murray '1696YAS Dd 104, Morow 1716 ib , cf. also Murrowdale 1652 ib , Murrayley 1718, 1726 ib , Murray Myre 1769 ib , probably ' moorland hill ' , v. mōr , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement