Escalls (EN) / Heskals (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Sennen
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

als

Meaning: 
cliff

hesk

Meaning: 
sedge
Elements notes: 
hesk 'saw-grass' + als 'cliff'
Historic forms: 
Heskels 1280, 1481, Eskeles 1281, Eskels 1296, 1302, 1329, 1335, 1350, Iscalls 1580, Scalls 1584, Escall Point c1703 Escols 1880.