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.

Scandale, Scandale Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Scandal(e) 13 NB 1275 Ch 1277 CWxxx,2
  • Scandal(e)bec 1274 1275 Ch
  • Scandelbec(k) 13 NB 1681–4 FlemingM
  • Scamdal 1277 CWxxx,3
  • Scandall 1581 Dep 1630 Ambls

Etymology

Scandale, Scandale Beck, Scandal (e )13 NB 150, 1275 Ch, 1277 CW xxx, 2, Scandal (e )bec 1274 ib xxxiv, 190, 1275 Ch, Scandelbec (k )13 NB 150, 1681–4 FlemingM, Scamdal 1277 CW xxx, 3, Scandall 1581Dep , 1630 Ambls. 'Short valley', v. skammr , dalr , bekkr 'stream', cf. Scandal (ii, 32infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name