Scorce Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Riccall
Historical Forms
- Scalewisbrigg 1227 FF
Etymology
Scorce Bridge (6″) is Scalewisbrigg 1227 FF. For the first element we may compare Skelwislandes 1318 YD vi (a lost place in Yapham). In both cases the first element might be the OScand pers. name Skjálgr , were it not that the same element in combination with brycg is repeated in Scallow (PN Sx 401).We might, therefore, have to consider some word related to Northern English dialect skellow , skeller 'warp, twist' which may go back to the OE sceolh 'oblique, awry,' found in Shellow Bowells (PN Ess 495). The sense 'skew bridge' is at least possible.