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Survey of English Place-Names

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Carrow Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Weston

Historical Forms

  • Carrbank, Carra fields 1716 WYEnr

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , Carrbank , Carra fields 1716WYEnr ; topography rules out a connexion with kjarr ' marsh ' ; perhaps from Welsh  carreg ' rock, stone ' ; it is a very steep declivity .