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.

Shorleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tawstock

Historical Forms

  • Shordelelane 1390 Cl

Etymology

Professor Ekwall notes that shorde is a ME form of OE  sceard , 'notch, gap.'