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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.

Scorriton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Scoriaton(e) 13th Buckfast 1292 BM 1346 FA
  • Scoryaton juxta Bukfast 1294 Ass

Etymology

The first element is difficult, it may be a pers. name as in Scarhill infra 449. Alternatively, as the place is on a steep hillside, we may have the element noted under Score supra 47. For the medial ia , v. Introd. xxxv.