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.

Shopford

Other OS name in the Parish of Askerton

Etymology

is so named in 1798 (PR, Laner) , presumably from a blacksmith 's shop at the crossing of Kirk Beck . A Shop which has not been identified is mentioned in the Lanercost Parish Register under 1775 .

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