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Scar Fm, Overton Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Overton Scar, The Scar, The Scarr 1819 Orm2 1831 Bry 1832 TA

Etymology

, Overton Scar , The Scar , The Scarr 1819 Orm2, 1831 Bry, 1832TA , v. sker ( cf. dial. scar ) , a rock cliff forming the southern extremity of the central ridge of uplands , whence the p.n. Overton supra , v. 2supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site