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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scoble

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Pool

Historical Forms

  • Scobbahill 1284 FA
  • Scobehulle 1330 SR
  • Scobbehull 1333 SR
  • Skoble 1610 SR

Etymology

'Sc (e )obba 's hill.' Cf. Scobchester supra 126. For the initial sc , v. Introd. xxxv, and cf. Stephen Skobbe (1377 Exon).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement