English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Shaftsborough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Morthoe

Historical Forms

  • Settesbergh 1242 Fees792
  • Schotteburgh 1303 FA
  • Shottesburgh 1311,1322 Ass 1330 SR
  • Shotesberwe 1325 Ass
  • Shotisburgh 1327 Banco
  • Shatesborough 1809 M

Etymology

'Scot 's hill,' v. beorg . Scot was here probably a pers. name rather than a national by-name, cf. Redin 23 and Schottesdon 1244Ass (Devon). For the modern vowel, v. Introd. xxxiv.

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