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.

Scout Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Scouts 1802 HAS
  • Scout Head 1862 ValS

Etymology

, the Scouts 1802 HAS21, 100, Scout Head 1862ValS , v. skúti ' projecting cliff ' and CastleScout supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement