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Survey of English Place-Names

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to sceapan ecge

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • to sceapan ecge c.800 Dowd

Etymology

to sceapan ecge c. 800(possibly an error for scearpan ecge,'thesharp edge or escarpment', v. scearp, ecg)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement