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Scawby Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Scawby

Historical Forms

  • Scawby hall 1826 White
  • Hall Farm 1838 Nelthorpe

Etymology

, Scawby hall 1826 White, Hall Farm 1838Nelthorpe , cf. athall ' de Scalby 1416ib (p) , le Northallestede , le Southallestede 1321 Ipm , le Norhalle , le Southalle 1331 ib , Northalle , Southalle 1347 ib , “the manor ofSouthall 1350Fine , maneria mea de Southalle & Northalle in Scalleby 1354Nelthorpe , Northall , Southall 1377FF , the mannors of Southall and Westhall in Scauby 1563Nelthorpe , NorthallManor ”, SouthallManor ”1579–80 Lane , self - explanatory ; stede in the 1321 forms is OE stede ' the site of a building ' .