Etymology

Shirehampton

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Today it means: A district in northwestern Bristol, England, next to Avonmouth and historically in Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5376). Full definition →

Middle English Schernyhampton ← Old English *Hāmtūn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived from*Hāmtūn
  2. Middle English · inherited fromSchernyhampton
  3. English todayShirehampton

From Early Modern English Sherehampton, alteration of Middle English Schernyhampton, from *scherny (“dung-covered”) + earlier Hampton, from Old English *Hāmtūn, from hām (“estate, farm”) + tūn (“enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

Old English*Hāmtūn all →

Hampton

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