Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Sculecote(s) 1166 RBE 1190 P 1197–1206 YCh 1209,1223 FF 1295 YI

• Sculecottes 1223 FF

• Sculecot 1269 Ebor

• Sculcote(s), Sculcottes 12th Riev 1160–80 Melsa 1376 FF

• Scolecot(es) 1269 Ebor 1282 YI

• Scolcotes 1295 Ebor

• Scoulecotes 1295 YI 1301 ADii 1359 Ipm

• Scoulcotes 1301 ADii 1356 FF

• Scowscotes als. Sculcotes 1583 FF

• Scowlcotts 1594 FF

• Skoucotes 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Skúli 's cottages,' v. cote . The OScand  pers. name Skúli is found as a surname in Richard Scoule (1297 LS, in Tharlesthorpe), and it enters into other place-names such as Sculthorpe (R, Nf), School Aycliffe (PN NbDu 8), etc. On the later spellings Scow - cf. Introd. xxxi.