Shottle
Major Settlement in the Parish of Shottle and Postern
Historical Forms
- Sothelle 1086 DB
- S(c)hethell(e) 1191,1192,1195 P 1196 ChancR
- (parcum in) Schettulle 1330 Ass
- Schethulle 1330 Ass
- Sec(c)heuill' 1197,1204,1206 P
- Sec(c)huill' 1204 ib
- Secch(e)ull' 1198 P
- Secch(e)hill' 1201 ib
- Secch(e)hull' 1202,1205,1207 ib
- Secckehull' 1203 ib
- Sethill' 1230 P
- S(c)hothull(e) 1298 Ipm
- parco de S(c)hothull(e) 1330 Ass
- park of S(c)hothull(e) 1380 Gaunt
- S(c)hothull(e) Park 1482 MinAcct 1556 Lanc 1564 DbAxxiv
- (park de) Shotell 1372 Gaunt
- (the Parke of) Shottell 1541 DuLa
- Shottyll Parke 1503 Ipm
- Shotillparke 1522 WollCh
- Shotley park 1610 Speed
Etymology
Perhaps 'hill with a steep slope', v. scēot 3 , hyll , as suggested by Ekwall (Studies 147–51). It was one of the parks of Duffield Frith, v. park .