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.

Sherwoods

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wallasea Island

Historical Forms

  • S(c)hernewerd(e) 1262 FF 1412 FA
  • Sharward 1554 Ct
  • Sharnard(e) Marshe 1579 Survey
  • Shernewards 1768 M
  • Shire Wood 1777 C 1805 O

Etymology

Sherwoods (in Canewdon parish) (6″) is S (c )hernewerd (e )1262 FF, 1412 FA, Scharnwode 1305, Scharnwyrth , Scharnewerthe 1323, Shernowarde 1486 Ipm, Sharward 1554Ct , Sharnard (e ) Marshe 1579Survey , Shernewards 1768 M, Shire Wood 1777 C, 1805 O.'Dung marsh,' v. scearn and Labworth supra 148.