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.

Wilson Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Etymology

, 1865 OS , a scar ( v. sker ) named from the local family of Wilson ( 1579 etfreq PR 79 , etc . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement