Shirehampton

English

Etymology

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”).

Proper noun

Shirehampton

  1. A district in northwestern Bristol, England, next to Avonmouth and historically in Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5376).

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