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le Shittle gote

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • le Shittle gote 1839 TA
  • Shittle Goat Close 1712 Foster

Etymology

le Shittle gote 1578+, Shittle Goat Close 17121(the first el. may be OE  scyt(t)els'a bolt, a bar', which loses its -s andsurvives as dial. shuttle'the horizontal bar of a gate, a flood-gate', with gotu inthe sense'sluice')