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.

Dove Scar

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Witton

Historical Forms

Duuesker 1202 FF

Douuesker 1270 YI

Etymology

'Dove cliff' from ON dufa , ME duve and ON sker 'rock, scar.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

West Witton