Shaftholme
Early-attested site in the Parish of Arksey
Historical Forms
- Schaftholm(e) 13 Nost146d 1379 PT
- Shaftholm(e) 1474 Pat 1525 WillY 1822 Langd
Etymology
Shaftholme, Schaftholm (e )13Nost 146d, 1379 PT (p), Shaftholm (e )1474 Pat, 1525 WillYet passim to 1822 Langd. 'Water-meadow marked by a pole' or 'one where poles were obtained', v. sceaft , holmr , and cf. Shafton 272infra . It is, of course, also possible that the first el. is an OE pers.n. Sceaft (a ), discussed s.n. Scaftworth Nt 38, or an anglicised form of ON Skapti . But the first suggestion is the more likely in view of the absence of medial -e -; poles were frequently used as markers in marshland.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Almholme Carr
- Almholme Ings
- Arksey Ings
- Askern Spring
- The Balk
- Bentley Common
- Bentley Grange
- Bentley Ings
- Bentley Mill Goit
- Bentley Moor
- Bentley Rise
- Broad Axe Field
- Bruslingholme Lane
- Coney Garth
- Dam Hill
- Daw Wood
- Dock Hills
- Dog Croft Lane
- Field Ho
- Finkle St
- Fowler Bridge
- The Gorse
- Green Lane
- The Hall
- Haver Croft
- Hemp Pits Rd
- Lestal Bridge Dike
- Long Edge Quarry
- Marsh Lane
- Mastall
- Middle Gate
- Mill Dike
- Mill Gate
- Moat Hills
- Norwood
- Pipering Lane
- Rostholme Ho, Wrostholme
- Round About Moat
- Sandall Nooking Drain
- Scawthorpe
- Swaith Dike
- Tilts Hills
- Town End Pond
- Willow Bridge
- Wood Field
- Wrostholme