The website has received the following enquiry from Mr Pat Power. If anyone has any information which could help in his research, he would be most grateful if you could contact him using the email address below.

Hello from Pat Power,  Arklow,  Co Wicklow, Ireland.

I am doing some research into other ‘Arklow's. So far, there are three as well as my home town of Arklow. They are in Co Wexford, Ireland, an Arklow Hill near the village of Crosby Garrett, in Cumbria and your community in Thornton Steward. Would anyone in the heritage or local history community in Thornton Steward throw any light on the origin of the name Arklow Hill? I have the derivative for the other three but yours has eluded me.

Any help or suggestion in further research would be greatly aAppreciated.

Yours faithfully  
Pat Power (Mr)
Email:  powerpath44@gmail.com