Etymology

Hemingbrough

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6730). Full definition →

Old English burh
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromburh
  2. English todayHemingbrough

Uncertain. May be from a term relating to Heming + Old English burh (borough).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishburh all →

boroughMiddlesbroughburleyburrowburghbroughDewsburybirkAldeburghCanonburyAldboroughBerry Pomeroy-boro-borough-burghburhBurphamBurrough on the HillOnibury

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