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.

Fountains Scale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Founteynstallis (sic for Founteynscallis) 1400 YI
  • Fontanscale 1457 FountBurs
  • Fontance scale 1496 FountRent 1618 YASDd
  • Funtance scall' 1580 Skp
  • Funtance scale 1635 YASDd
  • Fountains Scale 1716 ib

Etymology

Fountains Scale (lost), Founteynstallis (sic for Founteynscallis )1400 YI, Fontanscale 1457 FountBurs, Fontance scale 1496FountRent , 1618YAS Dd 104, Funtance scall '1580Skp 24, Funtance scale 1635YAS Dd 104, Fountains Scale 1716 ib 100. 'Shieling(s) belonging to Fountains abbey', v. Fountains v, 191supra , skáli ; it was in the Craven sheep pastures of Fountains, and though its precise location is not known the YAS references make it clear that it was in Horton.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement