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.

Scalescough

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Cuthbert Without

Historical Forms

  • Scalescogh 1272 CWxxiii
  • Skalescoch 1285 For

Etymology

'Wood by the skáli or shieling,' v. skógr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement