Scowles
Early-attested site in the Parish of Coleford
Historical Forms
- Scwelle 1287 Misc
Etymology
Scowles, 1635 Inq, 1830 M, Scwelle 1287 Misc. This is from e.ModE scowle , skoole 'rubbish, debris', a word commonly used in the plur. scowles in the Forest of Dean to denote the sides of coal- and ore-pits which have fallen in (cf. NED s.v.). This name carries its use back to 1287 from 1538.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Baker's Hill
- Beeches Fm
- Berryhill Fm
- Boxbush
- Breckness Court
- Broadwell Fm
- Chim Chom Wood
- Cinder Hill
- The Coombs
- Crossways
- Crow Ash
- Crow's Nest
- Edenwall
- Ellis Reddings Wood
- High Nash
- Knavin Green Well
- Lord's Hill
- Marian's Lodge
- The Marshes
- Mill End
- Owen Fm
- Palmer's Flat
- Perry Grove
- Pingry Fm
- Poolgreen, Poolway
- Rock Ho
- Rushmere
- The Slopes
- Tufthorn
- White Mead
- Woodgate
- Wynols Hill Ho
- Highfield
- Gorse