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.

Shireoaks

Other OS name in the Parish of Belper

Historical Forms

  • Shirehokes 1415 DuLaMB
  • les Shireokes 1417 MinAcct
  • Shire oakes 1636 DuLaSC

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Shirehokes 1415DuLaMB , les Shireokes 1417MinAcct , Shire oakes 1636DuLaSC , perhaps ' shining oak-trees ' rather than ' oaks where the shire met ' , v. scīr 2 , āc .