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Survey of English Place-Names

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Church Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Scothern

Historical Forms

  • ecc. de Scortona 1163 RAi
  • Kirkegarth' 1294 Ass
  • Kirkegarthe of Scottesthorn 1303 SR
  • Church Yard 1850 TA
  • Church Close 1864 Terrier

Etymology

( local ) , 1690, 1699Terrier , ecc . de Scortona 1163RA i, Kirkegarth '1294Ass , Kirkegarthe of Scottesthorn 1303SR ,Church Yard 1850TA , Church Close 1864Terrier , ' churchyard, churchclose ' , an original Scand compound of kirkja and garðr which has undergone later ( probably post - medieval ) anglicization .