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.

Winterscales

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Wynteres(s)kales 1346 Furn

Etymology

, Wynteres (s )kales 1346 Furn , ' shielings used in winter ' , v. winter , skáli .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement