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Survey of English Place-Names

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Goat Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Gorsker Hy3 Sawl91d
  • Goose Scar 1845 TA

Etymology

, Gorsker Hy 3Sawl 91d, Goose Scar 1845TA , v. gorst ' gorse ' , sker ; it refers to a rocky bank east of the village .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name