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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scapegoat Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Ship Coat Hill 1817 M
  • Scape Goat 1851 TA

Etymology

, Ship Coat Hill 1817 M, Scape Goat 1851TA , originally ' sheep cote ' , v. scēap , cot , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site