East Scrafton
Coordinates: 54°15′28″N 1°51′56″W / 54.257735°N 1.865500°W
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]
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.
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