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.

Shore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Shore 1554 WillY
  • Schore 1353 Stansf 1379 PT
  • Shoore 1547 WillY

Etymology

Shore, 1329 WCR (p), 1560 FFet freq to 1822 Langd, the Shore 1554 WillY, Schore 1353 Stansf (p), 1379 PT, Shoore 1547 WillY.v. scor(a) here 'a precipitous slope'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name