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Sherborne

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Sherborne, Sherbourne, Sherburn, ‘(place at) the bright or clear stream’, OE scīr + burna: Sherborne Dorset. Scireburnan 864, Scireburne 1086 (DB). Sherborne Glos. Scireburne 1086 (DB). Sherborne St John & Monk Sherborne Hants. Sireburne, Sireborne 1086 (DB), Shireburna Johannis 1167, Schireburne Monachorum c.1270. Distinguishing affixes from possession by Robert de Sancto Johanne in the 13th cent., and from the priory here (Latin monachorum ‘of the monks’). Sherbourne Warwicks. Scireburne 1086 (DB). Sherburn Durham. Scireburne c.1170. Sherburn N. Yorks. Scire(s)burne 1086 (DB). Sherburn in Elmet N. Yorks. Scirburnan c.900, Scireburne 1086 (DB). For the old district name Elmet, see Barwick.

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Sherborne

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Sherborne. St Aldhelm established the seat of the Bp. of W. Wessex here in 705 and founded a church and school. In 978 Bp. Wulfsige introduced the Rule of St Benedict. The see was united with Ramsbury in 1058 and in 1075 moved to Old Sarum. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536 the abbey became the parish church. A bishopric of Sherborne, suffragan to Salisbury, was founded in 1928.

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Sherborne

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Sherborne England/UK Scireburnan, Scireburne (Dorset) ‘(Place on) the Clear Stream’ from scīr ‘clear’ and burna ‘stream’. Clear Stream, or Sherborne, was the name of the river.

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