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.

Sherburn Wood, Shireburn

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • Shireburn 17 PRWd

Etymology

, doubtless named from the local family of Shireburn (17 PRWdfreq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site