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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scar Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sc'well Clough 1492 MinAcct
  • Scarr Hall 1839 ValS

Etymology

, Sc 'well Clough 1492MinAcct , Scarr Hall 1839ValS , v. sker ' a rocky declivity ' , wella , hall .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name