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.

School Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Scolehill 1431 WB

Etymology

, Scolehill 1431WB , probably ' hill with a shed ' , v. skáli , hyll , but the modern form arises from the village school being near this bank .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site