DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 6 1 



the A S. sealh, salh-a willow, or the A.S. selu, sele, sel, salu, salo, sal— 

 a hall, palace, seat, dwelling, mansion. The postfix is the A.S. ham— a 

 home, dwelling, village. The willow, or the hall, home or village. 

 Sawley.-(D.D.B. Salle.) -A.S. salh, sealh-a willow, and leah-a meadow ; 



— the willow meadow. 

 Scarcliff.--(1).D.B. Scardeclif.)-The initial syllable is the X. scar- the 

 face of a rock or cliff. The postfix is from the A.S. clif, clyf, cleof-a 

 cliff, a rock. This duplication or aggregation of synonymous roots is the 

 result of superaddition by later settlers, and is not unfrequent. The 

 name bestowed upon a dale, a hill, a cliff, or water, by the original 

 settlers signified only a dale, a hill, a cliff, or water, but the successors of 

 the original settlers-speaking a different language— regarded the appella- 

 tions of the old inhabitants as proper names, and added another in their 

 own language having precisely the same signification. Three and four 

 synonymous roots are sometimes found— though generally much mutilated 

 -in the same place-name ; each one added as successive nations or tribes 

 became occupiers or proprietors of the territory. 

 Scarsdale.-(D.D.B. Scaruesdele.)-The prefix is as in Scarcliff, q.v. The 



final syllable is A.S. dal— a dale ;-the dale by the cliff. 

 Scarsdale Wapentake.-(D.D.B. Scarvedele.)-For the derivation of 



Scarsdale, see above. For the adjunct see under Morleston, supra. 

 Scropton.-(D.D.B. Scrotvn, Scrotune.)-A.S. scrob, scrobb, scrybe-a 

 shrub, and A.S. tun-a town ;-the shrub town ; or the initial syllable 

 may be from the A.S. scua, sceado, X. skogr-a wood, shade, or shady 

 place, or from the A.S. or X. personal name Scroop. 

 Sedsall.-(D.D.B. Segessale.)-The initial syllable is from the A.S segg, 

 secg-a reed, sedge, cane. The terminal syllable is from the A.S. selu' 

 sele, sel, salu, salo, sal-a hall, palace, seat, dwelling, mansion, or 

 perhaps from the AS. alh, ealh, heal, heall, having a similar signification. 

 The hall by the reeds or sedge. 

 Selston.-A.S. sal, salu, salo, selu, sele, sel-a hall, palace, seat, dwelling, 



mansion, and A.S. tun— a town ;— the hall town. 

 Shardlow. - (D.D.B. Serdelau.)-A.S. scear, scearn-a division, a shearing, 

 that which is cut off,— sceran to shear, share, divide, cut off, and A.s! 

 hlaew, hlaw, low-a hill, an elevation, a rising tract of ground, also a 

 heap, grave, barrow, tumulus ;— the divided hill or barrow. 

 Shatton.-(D.D.B. Scetune.) The initial syllable is probably derived-as 

 would seem from the Domesday spelling-from A.S. sceolu, scolu, 

 sceale, sceole— a shallow or low place. The terminal syllable is the As! 

 tun— a town. The town by the shallow or low place. 

 Sheldon.-(D.D.B. SceIhadun.)-A.S. sceolu, ' scolu, sceale, sceole-a 

 shallow or low place, and A.S. dun-a mountain, hill, downs ;-the hill 

 in the shallow or low place. 



