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

Other OS name in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Scales 1251 Furn
  • Skaille 1593 WillY

Etymology

, 1771 M , Scales 1251Furn, Skaille 1593 WillY , v. skáli ' a shed, a shieling ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement