Stoffsammlung:

• Interessant wäre, welchen Namen er vor dem "Unglück" bzw. "Brand" trug.

• Quelle http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Misc/Etymology.html
  Barrow (A.S.), from beorh, a hill. Other forms : borough, berg berry; e.g. Ingleborough Queensberry. ... Borough (A.S.), from beorgan, to shelter. An earthwork, and hence a fortified town. Otherforms: bury, brough, burgh, and barrow

• Quelle ht tp://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/3921/1/jssisiVolXII263_294.pdf
  BARR.—BARR is of frequent occurrence, 14 Townlands being so designated, and about 90 having this for a prefix. It is in Irish barr, and signifies "the top," "head," or " summit " of a thing. Sometimes the second r is dropped, as Barmeen, barr min "smooth top." The word in the Gaelic of Scotland is bârr, as Barlaugh, " calves hill " (Ayrshire.) The Manx form is baare, as Baredoo," black top." Compare Welsh bar, Cornish bar, and Breton bâr or barr.

Internetsuchbegriff:
abgebrannter Berg

Namenshäufigkeit:
92355 Velburg

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