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Survey of English Place-Names

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Three Shire Oak, Three Shire Bush

Other OS name in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Shire Bush 1777,1815 Map 1831 Curtis
  • Three Shire Bush 1824 O 1846,1863,1877 White

Etymology

( 2 ½ ″ ) is Shire Bush 1777, 1815 Map, 1831Curtis, Three Shire Bush 1824 O, 1846, 1863, 1877 White , v. scīr 1 , busc ; at the meeting point of Leics . , Lincs . and Notts .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement