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Great & Little Asby Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • Skerres 1160–70 NWm 13 HMCx,321
  • Little Asby Scar 1683 NWm

Etymology

, 1865 OS , Skerres 1160–70 NWm 89, 13 HMC x, 321, Little Asby Scar 1683 NWm106 , v. sker ' outcrop of rock ' , here denoting the great area of exposed limestone in the south - west of the parish .