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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.

Snelser

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Scelesherge 1235–55 Cockers
  • Snellesherg(he) 1240–60,1240–67 ib

Etymology

Snelser (lost), 1847 TA, Scelesherge 1235–55 Cockers, Snellesherg (he )1240–60, 1240–67 ib. From the ON  pers.n. Snjallr and erg 'a shieling'; cf. Introd. The same man may have given his name to the f.n. Snelshaw infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement