Sherborne

English

Etymology

From Old English Sċīraburna, equivalent to scīr (“bright, clear”) + burna (“stream”).

Proper noun

Sherborne

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316). [1]
  2. A village and civil parish with a brook of the same name in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1714). [2]
  3. A hamlet in Litton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5855).

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Dorset)
  2. ^ Parish map (Gloucestershire)
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