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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shelleyford Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Blymhill

Historical Forms

  • Shallowforth goer 1585 Blymhill
  • Shallowford 1839 TA

Etymology

( local ) , 1833 O , Shallowforth goer 1585 Blymhill, Shallowford 1839TA , ' the shallow ford ' , v. sc(e)alu , ford , with gāra ' pointof land ' .