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.

Mowbray Castle (site), Mowbray Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Castle Hill 1840 TA

Etymology

, Castle Hill 1840TA , named from the Mowbray family whose possessions included Kirkby Malzeard ( cf. YAJ xxxiii, 359 ff ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site