Garker (EN) / Karker (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Carlyon
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

kar

Meaning: 
fort

ker

Meaning: 
fort
Elements notes: 
<kar> 'fort, enclosed farm' + <ker> obscure
Historic forms: 
Karkerwartha 1354 Garca Moor 1839 (*CRO, CF/2980, 1839) (Bond, 2009) Garkar 1888 (OS 1888) Garkar 1948 Garker 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Garker 2014 (OS 2014)