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.

Sherbarrow

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Kirkby

Historical Forms

  • Syrebaru(e) l.12,c.1260 Nost21,29
  • Cherebarue l.12 Nost28d
  • Cherbarwe 1390 Works
  • Schirebarue 13 Nost25d
  • Schirebar' c.1260 ib
  • Schyrebarwe Ed1 ib
  • Shireberewe 1280 Ch
  • Schirbarwe 1292 Nost63
  • Chirebarue, Chirebarwe 13 Nost25d 1276 RH
  • Scherbarwe 1309 Nost23d
  • Skirbarow 1310 Ebor
  • Shearborowe 1625 Crewe

Etymology

'The bright grove', v. scīr 2 (with Skir - from the cognate ON  skírr), bearu . Spellings with initial Ch - for Sh - are paralleled by Chevet i, 278supra and Chevin (Otley) pt. iv infra .