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.

Shirehill

Other OS name in the Parish of Saffron Walden

Historical Forms

  • Sherehill ib.
  • (le) Uppesire, Opeseyre 1387 Walden

Etymology

is Sherehill ib. This or a place near byis (le ) Uppesire , Opeseyre 1387Walden . Cf. Upshire supra 31 .