Screveton
English
Etymology
From Old English sċīrġerēfa (“sheriff, chief officer of a shire”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); the initial Sc-, instead of Sh-, is due to Scandinavian influence.
Proper noun
Screveton
- A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7343).
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