Oak Scar, Oak Scar Lane, Scholes

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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.

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