Sharnberry Gill
valley · County Durham
Old EnglishAI-generated
Sharnberry Gill is likely named after a place where cattle (or 'scearn' meaning dung) were kept, or from a personal name. It combines this with 'gill' meaning a mountain stream or ravine.
Word origins
- Sharnberry
- Old EnglishPossibly related to dung ('scearn') or a personal name(from scearn "dung")
- Gill
- Old Norsemountain stream, ravine(from gil "mountain stream, ravine")