Shotover
Major Settlement in the Parish of Forest Hill with Shotover
Historical Forms
- Scotorne 1086 DB
- Sotora 1130 P 1234 Cl
- Sotore 1222 Cl
- Sottor' 1231,8 Cl 1278–9 RH
- Sottore 1237 Cl
- Schotouer 1142 S c.1280
- Schottouere 1220 S c.1280 Ipm 1264
- Schotover' 1242 Cl
- Schotovere 1249 Cl
- Schotover 1250 Ipm
- Shoythore c.1142 Frid c.1425
- Shotore 1215 Cl 1400 Cl
- Sottovre 1223 Cl 1278–9 RH
- Shotovr' 1223 Cl
- Scottover 1227 Ch
- Scottovre 1241 Fees
- Scottou're 1278–9 RH
- Sothore 1229 Cl 1240 Cl
- Shothour' 1234 Cl
- Shothovr 1239 Cl 1290 Eynsh
- Sothovere 1248 Cl
- Scothou' 1246–7 Ass
- Sottouere 1247–9 S c.1280 RH 1278–9
- Scothore 1275–6 RH
- Scorttove 1285 Ass
- Schothovere 1298 Eynsh
- Schottore 1311 BC c.1444
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN under Shottle) assumes an OE *scēot , derived from the base skeut - found in the element sciez which occurs in OHG place-names. The word would be related to shoot , and would mean 'steep slope.' This gives a satisfactory explanation of a number of names in Shot -. The second element of Shotover seems to have been ōra or ōfer , both of which can mean 'hill slope,' more or less indiscriminately.