Shermanbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Shermanbury
Historical Forms
- Salmonesberie 1086 DB
- Shilesmanebir' 1240 FF
- Syremanebir', Siremanebir' 1235 Sele 1291 Tax
- Shyremannebyr', Shyremannebir' 1249,1267 FF 1291 Cl
- Chyremanbury 1313 FF
- Shirremannebury 1366–77 SAC62,134
- Schirmanebury 1271 Ass
- Shyremanesburi 1280 FF
- Scharmansbury 15th Sele
- Shermanbury 1432 IpmR
- Shermanbury al. Sarmanbury 1649 Recov
Etymology
'The burh of the “shireman.”' OE scīrman may be the sheriff, but it is also used in a wider sense of an official, a steward, a praepositus .