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.

Scalby Hay

Early-attested site in the Parish of Scalby

Historical Forms

  • haia de Scallebi, haya de Scallebi 1190 P 1201 ChR

Etymology

v. Scalby 108supra and gehæg . Here it denotes a hunting enclosure in the forest of Scalby. Cf. Hayburn 111infra .