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.

Longscales

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Lang(e)scales 1230 Ebor 1379 PT 1653 PRHmp
  • Lang(e)scailes 1563 KnaresWill

Etymology

Longscales, Lang (e )scales 1230 Ebor, 1379 PT, 1653 PRHmp, Lang (e )scailes 1563 KnaresWill. 'The long sheds or shielings', v. lang , skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site