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.

Scugdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

Scuggedale, Skuggedale 12 Guis 1185–95 YCh 13,c.1230 Guis

Etymology

'Shady valley' from ON skuggi 'shadow' (cf. Björkman, Loanwords 35) and dæl .

Places in the same Parish