English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Scarf Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Scarthougill 1335 ForP

Etymology

'Ravine near the mound in the mountain pass' v. skarð , haugr , gil . For the f cf. Earswick 12supra .