Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Shropshire

A contraction of Shrewsbury-shire, the Saxon Scrobbcsburh (shrub-borough), corrupted by the Normans into Sloppes-burie, whence our Salop.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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