A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y

William Dargue - A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . .  from A to Y

 

Shaftmore

B27 - Grid reference SP103827

Use the grid reference on the Ordnance Survey website - Get-a-map. 

Shartmore: first record 1562

Land around Shartmore laine belonged to Studley Priory in the Middle Ages. The term moor derives from Old English and means 'boggy land'; shart' may derive from 'short', thus 'short moor'.

 

 

William Dargue 10.03.09

 

 

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For 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps of Birmingham go to British History Online - Maps.