English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Skellands Pond

Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther

Historical Forms

  • Skelland(buttes) 1300 Lowth

Etymology

, Skelland (buttes )1300Lowth , ' land on the shelving terrain ' , v. scelf ( with ON sk - ) or skjalf , land .