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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.

Sham Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Hamstead Marshall

Etymology

, the 6 ″ map gives this as the name of part of Hamstead Park near one of the three Castle Mounds . It is possible that the name Castleston infra and some f. ns . in Speen refer to this mound , v. Pt 1269 .