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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 Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • Scal' 1160–80 YChvii
  • Scales 1284 YI
  • Scooles 1465 YDxvi,100
  • Scoles 1498 Testiv 1559 YDiii 1587 FF
  • Scolys 1519 SheffMan
  • the Scolis 1542 WillY
  • Stoiles (sic) 1558 ib
  • Scholes 1822 Langd

Etymology

Scholes, Scal '1160–80 YCh vii, Scales 1284 YI, Scooles 1465 YD xvi, 100, Scoles 1498 Test iv, 1559 YD iii, 1587 FF, Scolys 1519 SheffMan, the Scolis 1542 WillY, Stoiles (sic)1558 ib, Scholes 1822 Langd. 'The sheds', v. skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name