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.

Schoose

Other OS name in the Parish of Workington and Workington Rural

Historical Forms

  • Scowes 1660 CW(OS)v 1723
  • water of Skewes
  • the Scows 1705 ib

Etymology

is Scowes 1660 (1723) CW (OS) v, water of Skewes n.d. Whellan, the Scows 1705 ib . v. skógr .