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.

Skyer Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Romaldkirk

Historical Forms

  • Skyrbeck Hy2 MaryH6d

Etymology

'Bright clear stream' v. skirr , bekkr .