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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scrub Holt

Other OS name in the Parish of Irby upon Humber

Historical Forms

  • Rough Close 1828 Bry
  • Irby Scrub Close 1824 O
  • Scrub Close Wood 1837 TA

Etymology

is Rough Close 1828 Bry, and is Irby Scrub Close 1824 O, Scrub Close Wood 1837TA , cf. Scrub Close 1800, 1812Yarb .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement