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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scandal Beck & Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Scamdalebec 1224 FF
  • Scandalebecke 1224 BdyR(R.1) 1651
  • vp Scandaile beck vnto the heade thereof 1581 ib
  • Skandal(l)heade 1636,1652 ib

Etymology

Scandal Beck & Head, Scamdalebec 1224FF , Scandalebecke 1224 (1651) BdyR (R. 1), 'vp Scandaile beck vnto the heade thereof ' 1581 ib, Skandal (l )heade 1636, 1652 ib (M. 3, 4). 'The short valley', v. skammr , dalr , bekkr , hēafod , cf. Scandale (i, 183supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement