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.

Shire Oaks

Other OS name in the Parish of Barrowden

Etymology

, 1844Burghley , 1849, 1873Anc ; the oaks lie close to the county boundary , v. scīr 1 , āc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Turtle Bridge

Major Settlement

Barrowden