The surname Sheringham was first found in Wiltshire at Sherrington, a village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire where remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, presumably from late in the 11th or early in the 12th century can still be found today.
By 1252, Sherrington had a parish church dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian in 1341. However the village dates back to 896 when it was listed as Scoranston, but later was spelt Scarenstone in the Domesday Book1 and meant "stone or rock on a steep slope" from the Old English "scir + "wudu". 2
The Cherrington variant originates in Shropshire at Cherrington, a village in the civil parish of Tibberton and Cherrington which dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Cerlintone and later in 1230 as Cherington. The place name literally means "estate associated with a man called Ceorra," having derived from the Old English personal name + -ing + tun 2
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Early History of the Sheringham family
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Sheringham Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Sherrington, Sherington, Cherrington and others.
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Early Notables of the Sheringham family
Notables of this surname at this time include:
Robert Sheringham (1602-1678), was an English Royalist divine, son of William Sheringham of Guestwick, Norfolk. He became one of the proctors of the university of Cambridge in 1644, but shortly afterw...
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Migration of the Sheringham family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: William Sherrington settled in Virginia in 1732.
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