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.

Sharnbrook

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sharnbrook

Historical Forms

  • S(c)ernebroc, Serneburg 1086 DB
  • Shernebroc 1163 P
  • Scarnebroc 1167 P 1220 LS
  • Sharnebroc 1167 P
  • Sarnebroc 1189 ChR 1199,1202 FF
  • S(c)harnebrok(e) 1247 FF
  • Scharneburg 1276 Ass
  • S(c)hernebrok 1276 Ass 1302 FA 1494,1502 Ipm 1617 HMCiii
  • Sharbroke 1406 IpmR
  • Sharmbrook 1785 Jury

Etymology

'Dung-brook,' presumably from its fouling by the cattle.v. scearn , broc . Cf. Sharnford (Lei).