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.
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Shortburn
Shortburn
Other OS name in the Parish of Milton Abbot
Historical Forms
Shurtburn
1518–29
ECP5,494
Etymology
is
Shurtburn
1518–29 ECP 5, 494 .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Cardwell
Edgcumbe
Foghanger
Landskerry
Leigh Barton
Poflet
Quither
Tuelldown
Youngcott
Other OS name
Beckadon
Beera
Broadtown
Burnshall
Chillaton
Endsleigh Cottage
Ford
Hardicott
Narracott
Ramsdown Plantation
Southcombe
Week
Westcott
Willesley
Major Settlement
Milton Abbot