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.

Scholes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barwick in Elmet

Historical Forms

  • Skales, Scales 1258,1264 YI 1292 MinAcct 1313 Pat 1323 MinAcct 1543 FF
  • Scholes 1259 Ass
  • Scoles 14 BM 1327 SR 1362 DodsN 1384 MinAcct 1638 BM
  • Scolys 1542 YDii
  • Sco(o)lles 1557 TestLds
  • Skolds 1576 NCWills
  • Scoales 1638 SessnR

Etymology

'The sheds or shielings', v. skáli .