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.

Ayton Scarth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Ayton

Historical Forms

Etunescarth c.1160 Guis

Etonescarth 13 Guis

Etymology

'Hill-pass near Ayton' v. skarð .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement