Sherborne

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Sherborne

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From Old English Sċīraburna, equivalent to scīr (“bright, clear”) + burna (“stream”).

proper noun

A surname.
A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).
A village and civil parish with a brook of the same name in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1714).
A hamlet in Litton parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5855).

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@misc{sherborne_2026,
  title = {Sherborne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sherborne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}