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barkingside

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
bark-ing-side
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburb in the borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4489).

Etymology

From Barking + side; first recorded in 1538, probably as Barking Side as noted by Wikipedia, as being on the Barking side of Hainault Forest. This referred to the old and extensive Barking parish, it is some distance north of Barking itself.

Questions

What does barkingside mean?
A suburb in the borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4489).
Where does barkingside come from?
From Barking + side; first recorded in 1538, probably as Barking Side as noted by Wikipedia, as being on the Barking side of Hainault Forest. This referred to the old and extensive Barking parish, it is some distance north of Barking itself.

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