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.

Scrath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ormesby

Historical Forms

  • Scrith 13 Guis

Etymology

Probably connected with ONorw  skrið neut. or skriða fem. '(land-)slide.' Cf. Rygh, NG Indledning 76. The modern form of the place-name is perhaps due to metathesis to Scirth > Scarth , with later remetathesis to Scrath .