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.

Killing Nab Scar

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Killyngnebbesker 1335 ForP

Etymology

On the first element v. Lindkvist 201, note 5. The probability is that Killing is a pers. name derived from ON  Kyle (LindBN). Nab is ME  nebbe , nab 'projecting point of a hill' (ultimately from OE  nebb 'beak'). The final element is ON  sker 'rock.'