English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Mill Screed

Early-attested site in the Parish of Birdsall

Etymology

Mill Screed (6″). Cf. Byrdsall Mylne 1535 VE, v. myln .Screed refers to a landslide (OScand  skrið 'landslide,' cf. Scrath, PN NRY 160), and nearby we have Earthquake Plantation and Landslip Screed (6″). Screed (from OE  scrēad ) is also used in ERY in such senses as 'fragment, strip of woodland, fine earth.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement