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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dillicarr Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Sprotbrough

Historical Forms

  • Dilley Carr 1847 TA

Etymology

, Dilley Carr 1847TA , from OE  dile ' dill, vetch ' and æcer ( cf. Dilicar We ) ; kjarr ' marsh ' is unlikely topographically .