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.

Scar Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Kettlewell

Historical Forms

  • Uversker 1268 Font

Etymology

, Uversker 1268 Font , cf. the Skarr end 1663Glebe , ' theupper scar ' , v. uferra , sker : the scar is here the long rocky escarpment on the east side of Wharfedale .

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