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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Scoles 1274–1313 WCR 1392 MinAcct
  • the Scoles 1315 WCR
  • le Scoles 1327 ib
  • Scolis 1471 Brett
  • (le) Scholes 1284,1286 WCR 1638 WillY 1647 YDr
  • (le) Skoles 1323 WCR 1392 Brett 1587 WillY

Etymology

'The sheds or shielings', v. skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement