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.

Shallowford

Other OS name in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Sholeford c.1400 Ct 1411 Dartmoor

Etymology

is Sholeford c. 1400Ct , 1411 Dartmoor .