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.

Scalehouses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Renwick

Historical Forms

Rauenwykchales 1278 Ass

del Schal 1332 SR

Ravenwik Scalez 1485 Ipm

Scailhouses 1531 Lowther

Skalehowses 1586 Queen's

Scalehowse 1589 LRMB

Etymology

v. skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Renwick