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.

Screes of Black Force

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Screes 1859 OS

Etymology

, Screes 1859OS , v. skrið ' scree, land-slide ' , blæc , fors ' waterfall ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement