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.

Sharnden Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mayfield

Historical Forms

  • Sharendenne 13th Lewes
  • Sarden, Scharden 1296,1332 SR
  • Sharndenne 1307 Ass 1320 Misc 1327 SR

Etymology

Sharnden Fm is Sharendenne 13th Lewes (p), Sarden , Scharden 1296, 1332 SR, Sharndenne 1307Ass (p), 1320 Misc, 1327 SR. 'Dung swine-pasture,' v. scearn , denn and cf. the unidentified scearndæn (K), BCS 1295.