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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mottershead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Mottersheved l12 Orm2 17th
  • Mottershede 1432 Sheaf
  • Mottershed 1586 Dow
  • Mottershedde 1587 Cross
  • Mottershead 1611 Orm2
  • Mottersched 1550 Dow
  • Motturshed 1482 Adl
  • Mottresheued 1287 Eyre 1303 ChF
  • Mottresheuyd, Mottrusheuyd 1370,1371 Eyre
  • Mottrisheuyd, Mottrished 1349,1357 ib
  • apud Mottram Andrewe in quodam loco vocato Mottreshede 1369 Eyre
  • Moterusheved E2 Orm2 1337 ib
  • Moterushede 1407,1417 ib
  • Motresheved 1308 Cl
  • Moutresheved 1337 Plea
  • Moutreshed 1337 Orm2 17
  • Mottromsheued 1349 Orm2
  • Motturushede 1373 Eyre
  • Muttreshedde 1513 ChEx

Etymology

'Speaker's hill', v. mōtere , cf. Mottistone Wt 164. The DEPN explanation depends upon the Moct - spelling 1287 Court 231, which seems to be an error for MS. Mott -. Cf. Mottram St Andrew supra , DEPN s.n. Mottram . This lost place gave surname to a family whose seats were Higher Ho & Lower Ho infra , v. Orm2 iii697. Halewysa de Mottromsheued , prioress of the nuns of Chester 1349 (Orm2 i347) is otherwise called de Mottersheved . The form was influenced by Mottram supra .

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Places in the same Parish

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Early-attested site