Shotwick Castle
Early-attested site in the Parish of Shotwick Park
Historical Forms
- castrum de Schotwico 1240 P
- castellum de Shotwic 1240 Lib
- Shottewik Castelle c.1536 Leland
- Shotwick Castle 1656 Orm2
- de Shotewyk 1350,1354 Eyre
- le Castellake 1357 MinAcct
- Castle Bridge 1621 Sheaf
- Castle Hill 1831 Bry
- 'the ruins of a fair castle that stands upon the brink of Dee' 1621 Orm2ii361 1656
Etymology
Shotwick Castle (site of, 109–349704), castrum de Schotwico 1240 P, castellum de Shotwic 1240 Libet freq with variant spellings as for Shotwick 208supra to Shottewik Castelle c.1536 Leland, Shotwick Castle 1656 Orm2, v. castrum , castellum , castel , cf. campus castelli 1278ChFor ('the castle field'), the surname del Castel (de Shotewyk ) 1350, 1354Eyre , le Castellake 1357MinAcct (a fishery, 'the stream by the castle', v. lacu), Castle Bridge 1621 Sheaf ('bridge at, or to, the castle', v. brycg), Castle Hill 1831 Bry (the castle mound at the site, v. hyll ). The castle was 'the ruins of a fair castle that stands upon the brink of Dee '1621 (1656) Orm2 ii361. It guarded a ford of the old Dee estuary, cf. LCHS lxiv130 and Shotwick Ford infra .