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.

Sherwood Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Feniton

Historical Forms

  • Shirford(e) 1333 SR 1546 BM
  • Shirford(e) in Fyneton 1473 AD
  • Sherwood c.1630 Pole

Etymology

'Clear ford,' v. scir . For the later form v. Introd. xxxv.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement