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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scar Sikes

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Skarsikes 1641 ib
  • Scarsiks 1656 ib

Etymology

, 1649 , 1741 Skarsikes 1641 ib, Scarsiks 1656 ib , v. sker , sīc ' stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement