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.

Scagglethorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Moor Monkton

Historical Forms

  • Scachertorp, Scarchetorp 1086 DB
  • Scakerthorp 1202–8 Ass
  • Scakethorp(e), Skakelthorp(e) 1202–8 Ass 1227 FF 1253 Ch 1428 FA
  • Skakilthorp(e) 1303 Aid 1396 YDii 1464 YDii
  • Schakelthorp 1246 Ass15
  • Schayelthorp (sic) 1514 Star
  • Scagilthorp 1444 BM
  • Scaggylthorpe 1560 FF
  • Skagglethorp 1599 YDii

Etymology

'Skakel's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The pers.n. is the ON  byname Skǫkull or Swed  Skakli , as in Scagglethorpe YE 139.