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.

Great Close

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malham

Historical Forms

  • the Great Close 1611 PRMl

Etymology

, the Great Close 1611 PRMl , a great enclosure over a mile wide east of Malham Tarn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site