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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scoska Moor & Scoska Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Scoscoe Moor 1768 EnclA
  • Coska Moor 1771 M
  • Coscoe Cave 1837 Lord
  • Scosca fell 1843 TA

Etymology

, Scoscoe Moor 1768EnclA , Coska Moor 1771 M, 'a great naturalcuriosity called Coscoe Cave ' 1837Lord , Scosca fell 1843TA , the second el . is probably skógr ' wood ' .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement