Scorborough
Major Settlement in the Parish of Scorborough
Historical Forms
- Scogerbud 1086 DB
- Scurebregg' 1200 P
- Scoureburg(h), Skoureburg(h) 13th YD 1230 Percy 1246 Ass 1316 NomVill 1318 Percy 1323 Cl
- Skourebyrg 1252 Baildon
- Scorburgh(e) 13th Percy 1304 BevAct 1330 FF 1547 FF
- Scoresburgh 1290,1328 Ch
- Scouresburgh 1304 YI
- Scoueresburg 1305 Abbr
- Scourburgh 1305 BevAct 1352 Ipm
- Scourbourgh 1352 Pat
- Scoreburgh, Skoreburgh 1329 Deod 1334,1341 Percy 1349 Test 1362 Extent 1379 Poll 1482 Test
- Scordeburgh 1336 Ipm
- Scardeburgh 1349 Meaux
Etymology
Lindkvist (15) derives Scorbrough from OWScand skógar -búð 'a booth built in a wood,' v. skogr , boð . Dr Knudsen points out a parallel Danish name, Skovbo in Aalborg Amt (Skoffuebod 1487), from skógar -bóth . The diphthongised Scoure - (arising from vocalisation of intervocalic g ) would normally become dialect [skɔː]. Lindkvist further suggests that the final element búð was replaced by burh when the local castle was built after the conquest.