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.

Shambles(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • The Shambles called by Hollingshed the Shingles 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

( lost ) , c. 1825 Map , The Shambles called by Hollingshed the Shingles 1774 Hutch1 , a sandbank 3 miles SE of Portland , v. shingel 2 ' shingle ' , sc(e)amol ' shelf (of sand) ' .

Places in the same Parish