Tanskey Rocks
Other OS name in the Parish of St Oswald's
Historical Forms
- Old Skey Rocks 1813 Brownbill
Etymology
, a reef extending south from Little Hilbre Island , perhaps the same as Old Skey Rocks 1813Brownbill 62 , probably ' toothed skerry ' from ON tǫnn ' a tooth ' and sker , with rokke . The other name is ' old reef ' , v. ald , sker .