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.

Grimescar

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Grimscar 1771 M
  • Grime-Scar-Wood 1775 Watson

Etymology

Grimescar, Grimscar 1771 M, Grime -Scar -Wood 1775 Watson 756.There can be little doubt, though the forms are late, that this rocky scar (v. sker ) is named from ON  gírmr 'a masked person' or OE  grīma2 'a spectre, a goblin'.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement