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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 Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Scales 1229 Ebor
  • Skales 1296 LacyComp
  • Scoles e.14 Calv 1362 YDx 1413 YDvi 1605 FF
  • Scholes 1355 YDxii,256 1682 Arm
  • Scooles 1540 MonRent 1541 MinAcct
  • Scoules 1573 WYD

Etymology

Scholes, Scales 1229 Ebor, Skales 1296 LacyComp, Scoles e. 14 Calv, 1362 YD x, 1413 YD viet passim to 1605 FF, Scholes 1355 YD xii, 256, 1682 Arm, Scooles 1540 MonRent, 1541MinAcct , Scoules 1573 WYD. 'The shielings or sheds', v. skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name