English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Carr Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Carrehead 1628 PRKld
  • Colling(e) Carre 1594 WYD 1618 FF
  • Carr in Couling 1659 WillS
  • the Carr 1693 Briggse.7

Etymology

, Carrehead 1628 PRKld,named from Colling (e ) Carre 1594 WYD, 1618 FF, Carr in Couling 1659 WillS, the Carr 1693Briggs e. 7 , v. Cowling supra , kjarr ' marsh ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement