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.

Shaggs Flood

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Etymology

, cf. Sheggeslond 1516, Shegges meade , Seggeslonde 1550Midd , Shagsland 1844TA , for the surname cf. Richard Sheg (')1327, 1332 SR ( Haselbury Bryan ) , William Sheg (')ib ( Fleet ) .