East Scrafton
East Scrafton is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Leyburn. There is also a larger West Scrafton to the south.
Looking down the River Cover from St Simon's Bridge, next to the ruined chapel of ease of St Simon and St Jude, by East Scrafton
The name Scrafton comes from Old English and means farmstead near a hollow.
See also
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 409. ISBN 9780199609086.
External links
Media related to East Scrafton at Wikimedia Commons
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