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.

Shyreakes Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Skyrakes- 1857 OS

Etymology

, Skyrakes -1857OS , ' the bright oaks ' , v. scīr 2 , skírr , āc , cf. Skyrack (YW iv, 88) for similar names .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site