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.

Sherwood Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Schir(e)wd'(ridigns) 1280,c.1304 Sawl100d,101
  • Sherewoodhouse, Shirwoodhouse 1568,1649 WillY

Etymology

Sherwood Ho, Schir (e )wd '(ridigns )1280, c. 1304Sawl 100d, 101, Sherewoodhouse , Shirwoodhouse 1568, 1649 WillY. 'The bright wood', v. scīr 2 , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name