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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scotch Spring Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Stainton

Historical Forms

  • Scotch Spring 1841 TA

Etymology

, Scotch Spring 1841TA , cf. Scot Lane Close , ib , v. spring ' a plantation ' , gata ; the first el . is probably the surname Scott .