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.

Shedyard

Early-attested site in the Parish of New Mills

Historical Forms

  • Shydyord 1433 FF
  • Shydeyard 1484 Derby
  • Shidyards 1511 Lanc
  • Shidyerd 1512 ib
  • Shydyord 1560 FF
  • Shedyard 1694 ParRegChapel
  • Schidyerd Ed3 DuLa

Etymology

Shedyard, Shydyord 1433FF , Shydeyard 1484Derby , Shidyards 1511 Lanc, Shidyerd 1512 ib, Shydyord 1560FF , Shedyard 1694 ParReg Chapel. Probably 'yard with a shed', v. scydd , geard . Cf. Löfvenberg 178. The name is repeated in Schidyerd Ed 3DuLa (in Heage).