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.

Foulscales

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Fowle Scaleʒ 1538 MinAcct
  • Fowle skalles 1588 WillY
  • Faulscales, Fawescales in Bolland 1616 PRBlt

Etymology

Foulscales, 1771 M, Fowle Scaleʒ 1538MinAcct , Fowle skalles 1588 WillY, Faulscales , Fawescales in Bolland 1616 PRBlt. 'Dirty shielings', v. fūl , skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name