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.

Bald Scout

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Ball Scout 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Ball Scout 1843 O.S. , v. skúti ' overhanging cliff ' ; the first el . is probably ME  balled ' rounded like a ball, bald, bare, lacking vegetation ' , cf. Bawtry i, 47supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name