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Survey of English Place-Names

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Out Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Skarr 1582 PR(Mrl)

Etymology

, 1859OS , Skarr 1582 PR(Mrl) , v. ūt ' outer ' sker ' rocky outcrop or cliff ' , a continuation of the carboniferous limestone scars at In Scar and Knipe Scar ( ii , 184 , 195 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site