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.
Survey of English place-names
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the Honour of Richmondshire
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Gilling West Wapentake
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Romaldkirk
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Lune Dale
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Skyer Beck
Skyer Beck
Early-attested site in the Parish of Romaldkirk
Historical Forms
Skyrbeck
Hy2
MaryH
6d
Etymology
'Bright clear stream'
v.
skirr
,
bekkr
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Baldersdale
Blackton
Briscoe
Loups
Mere Beck
Naby
West Park
Crossthwaite
Lonton
Bowbank
Thringarth
Wemmergill
Major Settlement
Hunderthwaite
Cotherstone
Holwick
Lartington
Lune Dale
Mickleton
Romaldkirk