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.

Scalesrigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Staffield

Historical Forms

le Scalerygg t.Ed2 Queen's 16th

Scales-Rigg 1686 NicVisit 1703

Etymology

is le Scalerygg t. Ed 2 (16th) Queen 's , Scales -Rigg 1686 (1703)NicVisit . v. hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Staffield