Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Skiris 13 YDx

• Skyres 1413 YDvi,67 1516 Surv 1642 Edmunds

• Skyres (Hall) 1544,1555 FF

• Nether Skyars 1583 FF

• Skyers 1596 FF 1599 Edmunds

• Nether Skers 1660 PRHrb

• de Skiris, de Skyres, de Sschyres 13 YDvi,59–60,x 1379 PT

• John Skyrys 1432 YDx

Etymology

Skier's Hall, (the field of) Skiris 13 YD x, Skyres 1413 YD vi, 67, 1516Surv , 1642 Edmunds, Skyres (Hall )1544, 1555 FF, Nether Skyars 1583 FF, Skyers 1596 FF, 1599 Edmunds, Nether Skers 1660 PRHrb. There are also several references to a family de Skiris , de Skyres , de Sschyres 13 YD vi, 59–60, x, 1379 PT, John Skyrys (of Alderthwaite) 1432 YD x. There is also a Skyers Ho in Wombwell 104supra , and it is not certain which of the two places has the original name of Skires and which, if not each, is named from the family. It ultimately originates in a p.n. but its source is obscure, unless, as Goodall suggests, it is a mutated form of the rare Icel  skurr , Norw , Dan  skur 'a shed'. Cf. Scarhouse ii, 292, Addenda.