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.

Bow Scale

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Bow Skale 1625,1627 PR

Etymology

, Bow Skale 1625, 1627 PR , v. boga ' curving hill-side ' , skáli ' shieling ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement