I got back from t'pub last night and was lying in bed having a think before i dozed off, i got round to pondering the origin of the name "Barnoldswick".
When i was younger i was told that it came from a ye olde chap called Barnulf, he settled here and created a village/hamlet which back in them days was called a wick..... put them together creating Barnulf's Wick and then throughout the millienia it became Barnoldswick.
I also remember being told a few original names of some local towns such as Skipton (Sheep Town) and Salterforth (Salter's Ford??)
I might be wrong but i was just wondering if anyone knows anything about this and if there are any other interesting tales regarding the origin of local town names?
Posted - 21/12/2007 : 10:36
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Stanley Challenger Graham
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Origin of the name
