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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 Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, formerly Black Rock f.n. infra , v. skúti ' overhangingcliff ' , referring to the steep scarp below Midgley .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name