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.

Sheldon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sheldon

Historical Forms

  • Scheldon(e) 1189 P 1403 ADv
  • Seldon 1232,1262 Ass
  • Sheldon c.1240 ADii 1428 FA
  • Sceldona 1247 SR
  • Sheldene 1261 FF
  • Scheladon 1275 RH
  • Sheldone Ansel 1235 Fees

Etymology

This may be a compound of scylf and dun . Cf. Introd. xxvi.There is a slight slope here. Anselm de Sheldon held the manor in 1220 (Dugdale 725).