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.

Winscales

Early-attested site in the Parish of St John Beckermet

Historical Forms

Windscales 1294 Cl

Wynskales 1309 Ipm

Winzscales 1322 Cl

Wynschales 1323 MinAcct

Wyndskales 1338 Cl

Etymology

'Windy shielings,' v. skáli , and Winscales infra 454.

Places in the same Parish