By extension the name also referred to the local "bygd", or settlement area, and in the 15th century it was probably used synonymously for the ecclesiastical parish of Tjølling, a settlement a little over east of Larvik.
By extension the name also referred to the local "bygd", or settlement area, and in the 15th century it was probably used synonymously for the ecclesiastical parish of Tjølling. This and other documents from earlier in the 15th century associate Skiringssal with locations in the parish of Tjølling, a settlement a little over east of Larvik.