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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scarhill Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Tawton

Historical Forms

  • Scoriawell 1333 SR
  • Storiawall 1337 DA

Etymology

Cf. Roger Scori found in the parish in 1263 (DA 33). v. Addenda, Part ii, xiii.