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.

Shallowford Cottage

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Torrington

Historical Forms

  • Sholoford mill 1371 Cl

Etymology

This gives us an earlier form for the common word shallow than any hitherto recorded (v. NED s. v .).