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.

Scale Hill & Scale Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Scale grene, Scaylehouse 1567 Dep
  • Sk(e)alehouse 1640,1651 PRRl
  • Scale House 1702 PRGr

Etymology

, Scale grene , Scaylehouse 1567Dep , Sk (e )alehouse 1640, 1651 PRRl, Scale House 1702 PRGr , v. skáli ' shed, shieling ' , grēne 2 , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement