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.

Shellhook

Other OS name in the Parish of Braunton

Historical Forms

  • Chardellhoke Weare 1609 Deed
  • Sherleshook al. Shadishook al. Shaddlehook 1738 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Chardellhoke Weare 1609Deed , Sherleshook al. Shadishook al. Shaddlehook 1738Recov . It is the name of a pointed sandbank in the Taw estuary , v. hoc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement