Skelda
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bootle
Historical Forms
- (mora de) Skeldhou, Eskeldhou a.1290 Furness
- Schelhou, Scheldhow c.1290 ib
Etymology
Apparently this name consists of ON skjǫldr , 'shield,' followed by haugr, 'hill' or 'mound.' The exact meaning of this compound can hardly now be recovered.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bootle Fell
- Soura Well
- Mill Bridge
- Stub Place
- Selker Bay
- Beckside
- Broadwater
- Charity Chair
- Cross Ho
- Fell Side
- Flatts
- Ford Ho
- High Mill
- The Hill
- Kiskin
- The Nook
- Sikebeck
- The Tarn
- Wellbank
- Wylie Gapp