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.

Scaleby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Scaleby

Historical Forms

  • villa de Scales c.1180 Laner
  • manerium de Scales 1227 BNB
  • Schalebery, Schaleby c.1235 Laner
  • Schaleby 1278 Ass 1400 Pat
  • Scaleby c.1245 Laner
  • Scalleby 1278,1279 Ass
  • Scalesby 1279 Ass
  • Scalby 1329 Banco 1363 Ipm 1585 FF
  • Skaelby 1385 Pat
  • Skailbye 1565–73 DepDu 1580 Border

Etymology

'near the shielings,' v. skáli . The 1235Laner forms show interchange of Scand by and English bery , bury , after the fashion of certain early forms in the Danelaw (cf. IPNs. v. , PN Nth xxii-xxiii).