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.

Thorny Scale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Thornowscale 1425 BrStAcct
  • Thornayschayle 1601 PR(B)
  • Thornascall 1712 ib
  • Thorn(e)y Scale 1660,1697 PR(Wp) 1780 PR(B)

Etymology

Thorny Scale, Thornowscale 1425BrStAcct 1d, Thornayschayle 1601 PR(B), Thornascall 1712 ib, Thorn (e )y Scale 1660, 1697 PR(Wp), 1780 PR(B). 'Shieling on the thorn hill', v. þorn , haugr , skáli , cf. Thorny Gale (ii, 80infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name