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Dixon Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bentleyroyd Scarr 1723 HAS
  • Dickson hill 1709 WMB
  • Dixon's Scar 1775 Watson

Etymology

, Bentleyroyd Scarr 1723 HAS 6, 121, Dickson hill 1709 WMB,Dixon 's Scar 1775 Watson 733 ; Bentley Royd (145infra ) was mort - gaged in 1723 by John Dykson ( HAS 6, 121 ) , who was a member of a local family known from the fourteenth century ( cf. Willelmus Dycson 1379 PT and v. HAS 6, 117 ff ) ; v. sker ' a scar, rocky cliff ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement