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Survey of English Place-Names

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Barden Tower

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Barden Towre 1577 Holinshed
  • Bardin Touer 1666 PRSk

Etymology

, Barden Towre 1577 Holinshed, Bardin Touer 1666 PRSk , a late medieval residence , from ME ,OFr  tour ' tower ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name