Carr in Norfolk is water logged ground, as would be found at the site of silted up broads. Parts of Norfolk are rich in what is known as Alder Carr, wet boggy places that have been colonised by Alder. Just to confuse things, over toward Hunstanton there is a soft red sandstone, the only rock in Norfolk apart from flint. It is called Carr Stone. No thoughts on Sty or Stie except to say that Elsing is at the edge of what passes in Norfolk for hilly land. John At 20:57 26/01/2007, j halsey wrote: >Hello Jennifer, >Well you now have a choice ! Bailey's Dictionary (pub 1753) does not show >"Carr", but it does show "Carre" which it descibes as "Woody moist or boggy >ground. A wood in a boggy place".The Shorter Oxford 3rd Ed. has it without >the "e" . Apart from the OE meaning, "Rock", which it also quotes, there is >a "local ME" meaning confirming Bailey's definition above, but adding "A >pool; a fen; now usually wet or boggy ground". > >The Shorter Oxford gives "sty" or "stie" as "to ascend, rise or climb" > >Jim Halsey >