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.

Shireoaks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Worksop

Historical Forms

  • Shirakes t.Hy1 Dugdvi 1286 Ch
  • Scirakes t.Hy2 1316 ib
  • Sirakes 1278 FF 1316 Ch
  • Schirokes c.1160,t.John DukRec
  • Shirokes 13th Blyth 1327 Banco 1330 Ass
  • Schirokes 1332 SR 1340 Ass
  • Skyrakes 1280 ib
  • Skyrokes 1301 1302 ib
  • Shire Okes 1383 IpmR
  • Sher(r)okes 1528 DukRec
  • Sherockes 1546 LP
  • Shereoakes 1653 FF
  • Shyreokes nye Workesope 1591 Wills

Etymology

The name must have referred to oaks on the boundary here between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, v. ac , scir . Some of the forms show Scandinavian influence, as in Skyrack (WRY).