Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Scaleby 1086 DB Hy2 R c1330 CurR 1194 FF 1229 Cl 1282 Abbr 1286

• Scaleberia 1090–1100 YChvi 1401 1100–08 17 1147–53 ib

• Scallebi 1086 DB c1115 LS c1128 ChronPetro 12 Pat 1136–40 Dane 1464 RAi 1150–60 P 1163 Templar 1166,1167 P 1185 RAix 1188,1190 c1275

• Scallebya 1146 RAi

• Scalleby 1220 Welles 1232–33 Fees 1232 Cur 1242–43 Fees 1243–50 RAiv p1250 Nelthorpe 1254 ValNor 1267 Ch 1272 Ass 1273 Ipm 1275 1428 FA

• Skallebi Hy2 Pat 1464

• Skalleby 1202 Ass 1274 Cl 1281 QW 1321 Ipm 1325 FA 1327 Ipm

• Schallebi l12 Fulstow 1273 Ipm 1275,1276 RH

• Scallabi c1115 LS

• Scallbi c1115 LS 1610 Speed

• Scalby c1279 RRGr 1316 Nelthorpe 1321 RAii 1325 Pat 1331 Ipm 1332 SR 1338 Ipm 1341 Pat 1345 Pap 1346 FA 1347 Pat 1350 Orig 1752 LAASiii

• Scalby alias Scawby 1608,1663,1679 Nelthorpe

• Scalby otherwise Scawby 1796 ib

• Scalbi c1300 RAiii

• Scalbye 1537 AOMB 1544 LPxix

• Skalby 1327 SR 1383 Ipm 1383,1388 Peace 1393 Cl 1402 FA 1477 Cl 1519 DV 1545 LPxx

• Schalby 1347 Pap

• Scawbie 1535 VEiv 1577,1581,1595,1601 Nelthorpe

• Scawbie als Scalbie 1598,1603,1614,1534 ib

• Skawby 1539 AD

• Scawby 1546 1552 Pat 1584,1593,1613 Nelthorpe 1616 Hall

• Scawby alias Skaulbye 1563 Nelthorpe

• Scawby als' Scalby 1623,1664,1675,1682,1710 ib

• Scawby otherwise Scalby 1755 Yarb

• Scawbye 1551 Pat 1555,1691 Nelthorpe

• Scalehou a1176 Goke

• Scallehou 1205–23 ib

Etymology

'Skalli's farmstead, village', v. bȳ , the first el. being the Scand  pers.n and byname Skalli , a name belonging to ON  skalli masc. 'a bald head, a bald-headed person'. Dr Insley points out that as a pers.n., Skalli is known from ON and OSw, and is quite frequent as a byname in both Iceland and Norway. In Denmark it does not seem to be independently attested, but it forms the first el. of p.ns. in -ruth and -thorp , v. B. Jorgensen, Stednavne ordbog , 2. udgave (Copenhagen, 1994), s.nn. Skallebolle , Skallerup . Note that the early forms of Scawby show the ODan  genitive in -a -. The three forms in -beria are paralleled in the same documents by similar forms for Roxby and Tealby. They are not supported elsewhere and must be considered “sports”. In the neighbouring parish of Broughton we have the forms Scalehou a1176 Goke and Scallehou 1205–23 ib, 'Skalli's mound', v. haugr , the first el. being the same ODan pers.n./byname as in Scawby. No doubt the Skalli of Skal (l )ehou was the same person as the Skalli of Scawby.