English Place-name Society

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.

High Scales, Low Scales

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gilling

Historical Forms

  • Scales 1137–47 Easby

Etymology

'The shielings' v. skali .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement