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.

Sheffield Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Flixborough

Etymology

, cf. Sheffield Close , Sheffield Hill 1840TA , named from the Sheffield family , prominent landowners in the parish , cf . The Right Honourable John Sheffelde knight lorde Sheffeilde 1564Shef .