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.

Shurcrack

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Shurcock 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Shurcock 1843 O.S. , dial . shir - , shear-cock , ' a missel-thrush ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name