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.

Sherwood Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Yarnscombe

Historical Forms

Shirewode 1238 Ass

Etymology

is Shirewode 1238Ass (p) . ' Clear orbright wood . '

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Yarnscombe