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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.

Scholes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Scoles 1325,1406 YDiv 1497 Ipm 1614 FF
  • ley Scales 1366 YDiv
  • le Scale 1379 PT
  • Scolls 1556 FF
  • Scooles 1616 PRKy
  • Scoales 1622 ib

Etymology

Scholes, Scoles 1325, 1406 YD iv, 1497 Ipmet freq to 1614 FF, ley Scales 1366 YD iv, le Scale 1379 PT (p), Scolls 1556 FF, Scooles 1616 PRKy, Scoales 1622 ib. 'The huts or shielings', v. skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement