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Delfekirk Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleby St Michael

Etymology

, 1859OS , v. (ge)delf ' quarry ' ( referring to White Mines ) , kirkja in the sense ' heap of stonesthought to resemble the ruins of a church ' ( cf. Kirk Stone ii, 223infra ) , sker ' scar ' .