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.

Sheldon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sheldon

Historical Forms

  • Sildenna 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Sildene
  • Schildene 1185 Buckland 1543 SR
  • Shyeldone 1269 Exon
  • Shildone 1334 SR 1336 FF
  • Sheyldon 1642 SR

Etymology

This is probably a compound of scylf and denu with reference to the very steeply shelving hillside here.

Places in the same Parish