English Place-name Society

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.

Redscar

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Redscar(r) 1671 PR(Cr) 1716 Ct

Etymology

, Redscar (r )1671 PR(Cr), 1716Ct 8 , ' red cliff ' , v. rēad , sker .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name