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.

Sybella Skeales's

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hornchurch

Historical Forms

  • Skelescroft 1376 Ct

Etymology

Sybella Skeales's (6″) is Skelescroft (1376Ct ) and is to be associated with one Sybella Skeale who founded a charity in 1678 (Ogborne, Hist. of Essex 147).