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.

Howscales

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkoswald

Historical Forms

  • Huscal(es) 1278,1279 Ass
  • Howescales 1279 ib
  • Houscales 1285 For 1292 Ass 1295 Rental
  • Howskells 1612 Boothby

Etymology

'Hill shieling(s),' v. haugr , skáli .