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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.

High & Low Scales

Early-attested site in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Scales 1256 Ass7d 1310 HMCx,322 1655 FF
  • Over- 1653 ib
  • High-, Low- 1777 M
  • Overskailles 1633 Rydal

Etymology

High & Low Scales, Scales 1256Ass 7d(p), 1310 HMC x, 322, 1655FF , (Over -) 1653 ib, (High -, Low -) 1777 M, Overskailles 1633Rydal , cf. also Skaleg '1577 Harrison 66, Scales Bridge 1649 Kend iii, 257, Scalesparke 1310 Whitby. 'The shielings', v. skáli , ecg , park . Skaleg ' was near Low Scales at the junction of Birk Beck and Bretherdale Beck.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement