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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shotwick Ford

Other OS name in the Parish of Shotwick Park

Historical Forms

  • Shotwyk Ford E1 Sheaf 17 Orm2ii813 1340 17
  • passagium et batillagium de Shotewyk 1357 ChFor
  • Shotwigg Ford 1707 Sheaf

Etymology

( lost ) , Shotwyk Ford E1 (17)Sheaf, 1340 (17) Orm2 ii813, passagium et batillagium de Shotewyk 1357ChFor , Shotwigg Ford 1707 Sheaf , a crossing of the Dee estuary , guarded by Shotwick Castle supra , cf. Guard House Finger 204supra , v. ford .

Places in the same Parish