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.

Shireoaks Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkham

Historical Forms

  • boscum de Kyrkeham 1170–85 Kirkham

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is boscum de Kyrkeham 1170–85Kirkham . It is probably so called from being near the Riding boundary .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement