English: habitational name from any of the places so called, in
London, Norfolk, and West Yorkshire. The first is named from Old
English sceald ‘shallow’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’,
the latter two from scead ‘boundary’ + well(a).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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