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.

Shroton Brake, Shroton Ctg, Shroton Ho, Shroton Lines

Other OS name in the Parish of Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

Etymology

( cf . The Brake 1838TA , v. bræc 1 ) ( 1811 OS , cf. Gt Lynes , Hr Lynes , Lt Lynes ,Corn Lynes , Green Lynes 1838TA , probably from leyne ' layer,tract of arable land ' , but cf. Ralph Lyon 1327SR , 1332 SR ) , all named from the alternative par . name supra .