East Scrafton

East Scrafton
East Scrafton
	East Scrafton Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE088846
Civil parish	Caldbergh with East Scrafton;
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire;
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Leyburn
Postcode district	DL8
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 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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