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.

Sherrington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sherrington

Historical Forms

  • Scearntune 968 WiltonReg 13th
  • Scarentone 1086 DB
  • Scharneton 1268 Ass
  • Scarenton 1299 Ipm
  • Scharnton 1300 Pat 1342 NI
  • Sharneton 1331 Misc 1339 Cl
  • Sharrenton 1348 Ipm 1428 FA
  • Sherinton' 1166 P
  • Sherneton 1248 FF
  • Sherenton 1412 FA
  • Shernton al. Sheryngton 1560 Recov
  • Sheryndon 1561 FF

Etymology

'Mud or dung farm,' from OE  scearn , 'dung,' and tun. Cf. Shemick (Co), Schernewyk 1284 FF and Quidhampton supra 226.

Places in the same Parish