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.

Skelbrooke

Major Settlement in the Parish of South Kirkby

Historical Forms

  • Scalebre, Scalebro 1086 DB
  • Scalebroc 1161 Pont 1163 P 1170 Pont 1170–84 YCh c.1219 YDi 1221 Cur
  • Schalebrok 13 Brett
  • Scelebroch 1160–75 YCh1548
  • Schelebrok 1230 Ebor
  • Skelebroc, Skelebrok(e) 1220 Cur 1253 Ebor 1286 YI
  • Skelebrockes 1296 LacyComp
  • Skelbrok(e), Skelbrook(e) 1298 YI 1311 Ch 1598 FF
  • Skelbroughe 1573 WillY
  • Skelbrowke 1588 FF
  • Skeldebrok 1315 Pat

Etymology

'Stream near the shieling', v. Skellow 34supra , brōc .