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.

Sheriff's Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Sheriff Park 1809 PR(Sh)

Etymology

, Sheriff Park 1809 PR(Sh) , v. scīr-gerēfa , park ; William Lengleis was granted a licence to impark 60 acres here in 1340 Ch iv, 486 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site