East Scrafton
Hamlet in North Yorkshire, England
Human settlement in England
- North Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire
- Richmond
East Scrafton is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.[1][2] It is about 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Leyburn. There is also a larger West Scrafton to the south.
The name Scrafton comes from Old English and means farmstead near a hollow.[3]
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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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