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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shire Oaks Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Wighill

Historical Forms

  • Shire Oaks Close 1849 TA

Etymology

, Shire Oaks Close 1849TA , ' bright oaks ' , v. scīr 2 , āc , cf. Shire Oaks 241supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement