Oak Scar, Oak Scar Lane, Scholes
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This page is a bare-bones entry for a specific location marked on an old map. More detailed information may eventually be added...Details
- also known as: Oakscar
- location: Oak Scar Lane, Scholes
- status: still exists
- category: farm
Extract
Holmfirth: Place-Names and Settlement (1994) by George Redmonds:
Probably for "Hawkscar", a straight-forward place-name. The locality was the scene of clearance in the early 1300s but the first evidence of a settlement is in 17th century records.