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Kellingley Scalp

Other OS name in the Parish of Kellington

Historical Forms

  • Kellingley Scoop 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Kellingley Scoop 1841 O.S. , probably dial . scalp ' a mud - bank , a bare place in a pasture - field ' ; dial . scope is a form of scalp ( EDD s.v . ) ; cf . The Scalp 23supra .