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.

Skeels

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Skeals 1684,1688 ib

Etymology

, 1696, 1699 PR(Mrl) , Skeals 1684, 1688 ib , probably from skáli ' shieling ' ; skeals is a dial . form ( cf. Phonol § 5 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site