Scredda (EN) / Skreda (KW)

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Notes: 
The name could be from OWS < scrēade> ‘shred’ -> Middle English <screed> ‘fagment, strip of cloth’ Alternatively, if Cornish the initial [s] could be indicative of an initial <res> ‘ford’, or more likely <ros> ‘hill-spur’. The final [a] could also be indicative of the plural suffix <-ow>.
Elements: 

skreda

Meaning: 
?Obscure
Elements notes: 
<skreda> obscure – respelled here in SWF
Historic forms: 
C.M. Place, Scredda 1930 (NA-CF/2/356, 1930) Scredda 1940 (1940, Death Record – Bessie Allen) Scredda 1959 (1959, Death Record – Bessie Richards) Scredda 1981 (Rowse, A.L. 1981) Scredda 2014 (OS 2014)
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