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.

Bare Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • Barrowes 1611 Skp
  • Barhouse 1671 PRLnt
  • Barrows 1807 PRCon
  • Barras 1846 PRBrn

Etymology

, probably identical with Barrowes 1611Skp 31,Barhouse 1671 PRLnt, Barrows 1807 PRCon, Barras 1846 PRBrn , v. beorg ' a barrow, a hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site