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Score Ray

Other OS name in the Parish of Whixley

Historical Forms

  • Score Ray Common 1801 EnclA

Etymology

, Score Ray Common 1801EnclA , probably ON  skor ' ditch ' , vrá ' nook of land ' ; it is near a sharp bend in the north boundary of the parish .