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Hury Reservoir

lake or loch · County Durham

Old EnglishAI-generated

Hury is an Old English place name meaning 'Hūfa's enclosure'. The reservoir is named after the settlement of Hury.

Word origins

Hury
Old EnglishHūfa's enclosure(from Hūfa "a personal name", worþ "enclosure, farmstead")