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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scots Fold

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Skotsfold 1390–4 Kendii,68
  • the Stotsfald 16 ib
  • Scotfoldmyre 1530 MinAcct
  • Stotfolde head 1614 Wndm

Etymology

( lost ) , Skotsfold 1390–4 Kend ii, 68, the Stotsfald 16 ib 8, Scotfoldmyre 1530MinAcct , Stotfolde head 1614Wndm 300 , v. Scott ' Scotsman ' ( perhaps as a surn . as in ScotBridge i, 191supra ) , fald .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name