English Explanatory Dictionary

Sherrington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish (without a council) in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9639).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Sherrington Sherringtons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Sċīra, itself from sċīr (“bright, shining”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

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