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.

Shorncote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Somerford Keynes

Historical Forms

  • (c)hern(e)cote 1086 DB 1221 Ass 1249 FF 1492 MinAcct
  • Sernecote 1262 Ipm
  • Scornecote 1221 Ass
  • Corncote 1334 IpmR
  • Cern(e)cote 1296 IpmR 1327 SR 1553 Pat
  • Sharnecote 1375 Ipm
  • Sharcote 1387,1392 Ipm

Etymology

'Cottage in a mucky spot or dung-hill', v. scearn , cot . The Cerne - spellings are doubtless due to the influence of South Cerney (58supra ).