Scabbadonia Lane
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- Steve Jones
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This is an interesting one ,it would appear to derive from Scabba as there is a Scabba Wood in Sprotborough and Scabba Wath in Swaledale.I was unable to access etymological sources fully from the work PC but from what i found it seems to derive possibly from a word meaning splash.
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I grew up near Scabba Wood and local history had it that it was derived from scaeb, which in Anglo-Saxon is a sore or wound, as there is a limestone cliff there which has been mined as a quarry for a good 300 years and probably since Anglo-Saxon times. However there is also an overlook onto the River Don there which would also make 'splash' a possibility.
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