Shaftsey
Early-attested site in the Parish of Cookham
Historical Forms
- Sefteseya 1220 Fees
- Shafteseya 1241 Ass
- Shetefley 1275–6 RH
- Shaftseys Eight 1899 Darby
Etymology
Shaftsey (?lost), Sceaftesige 911–19 (c. 1025, 1562) Burghal Hidage, Sefteseya 1220 Fees (p), Shafteseya 1241Ass , Shetefley 1275–6 RH, Shaftseys Eight 1899 Darby (v. ēgeð ). For the identification with the place in the Burghal Hidage, and the exact location of the island in the Thames, v. Brooks and Gelling, Medieval Archaeology viii (1964), 74–90. The name means either 'Sceaft's island', or 'island of the pole', v. sceaft , (ī)eg.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Beeching-Grove Wd
- Beechwood
- Cookham Bridge, Cookham Common, Cookham End, Cookham Rise
- Cookham Dean
- Cookhamdean Common
- Cookham Ferry
- Cookham Mill
- The Coppice
- Dean Croft, Dean Fm
- Dial Close
- Englefield Ho
- Fircroft
- Formosa Place
- Furze Platt
- The Grove
- Harwood
- Hazeldene
- Hillgrove Fm, Hillgrove Wd
- Hill Ho
- Hindhay Fm
- Hurst
- King's Coppice Fm
- Lady Ferry
- Long Copse
- Lulle Brook, Lullebrook Manor
- Malders Lane
- Manor Ho
- May Bank
- Melmoth Lodge
- The Moor, Moor Hall
- Mount Fm, Mount Hill, The Mount
- Noah's Ho
- Pigeonhouse Wd
- Poundcroft, Pound Fm
- Rondels
- Round Copse
- Rowborough
- Sheephouse Fm
- Spadeoak Ferry
- Sterlings
- Stone Ho
- Strand Water, Strand Ditch or Fleet Ditch, Ye Strand Castle
- Sunnybank
- Sutton Lodge
- Tythe Barn
- Westmead
- Whitebrook Common
- White Brook
- White Hart P.H.
- White Place
- Widbrook Fm
- Windmill Shaw
- Winter Hill
- Winterhill Fm, Winterhill Ho
- Wispington Ho
- Woodlands Fm