East Scrafton

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.

East Scrafton
East Scrafton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE088846
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLeyburn
Postcode districtDL8
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

The name Scrafton comes from Old English and means farmstead near a hollow.[3]

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

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. 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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