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.

Shermel Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Sixpenny Handley

Historical Forms

  • Shiremill gate 1618 Map

Etymology

, Shiremill gate 1618Map , cf. Sheremill (a copse) ib , on the county bdy and in a marked valley though no stream is shown 6 ″ , v. scīr 1 ' shire ' , myln ' mill ' .