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.

Loup Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • Leap Scar 1846 TA

Etymology

, Leap Scar 1846TA , probably hlaup ' leap ' ( cf. also hlēp ) , sker .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site