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Survey of English Place-Names

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Middlesber Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malham

Historical Forms

  • Middleber 1889 Raist

Etymology

, Middleber 1889Raist , a hill lying between two others , hence ' middlemost hill ' , v. Middlesmoor v, 217supra , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site