Oxhill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oxhill
Historical Forms
- Octeselve 1086 DB 12th
- Octesselva 12th AD
- Octesselfa, Octeshelva c.1135–89 Ch 1266
- Ohteselua t.Stephen BM
- Osteschelua 1187 P
- Ochteselue 1221 FF
- Otheshelue 1221 Bracton
- Ohteshulue 1221 Ass
- Oghteshull 1242 FF
- Ostesilvae 12th Ord
- (H)ostes(s)hulle 1176 France 1221 FF 1267 Ch
- Octeselle 1183 Stafford
- Octeshull 1229 FF
- Ogteshull 1232 Ass
- Oxeschelfa 1184 P
- Oxeschelua 1186 ib
- Oxeself 1199 Cur
- Ox(e)sulve t.Hy3 ADii 1262 Ass
- Ox(e)schulf 1255 Pat 1485 ADiv
- Oxshelve, Oxshulve, Oxsulve c.1350 Ct
- Oxshulf 1428 FA c.1480 ECP 1507 FF
- Oxhulff 1489 Pat
- Oxshelf 1545 Ct
- Otheselve, Otteselve c.1200 AD
- Otteselve 13th ADii
- Oftesulphia 13th CartMisc
- Ocsulf 1230 ChancR
- Ocsulve 1235 Fees
- Uhtteshulue 1240 FF
- Okschull 1276 Wigorn
- Oxhulle 1298 Ipm 1330 FA
- Oxhille 1298–9 Ipm
- Oxsshile 1482 ADiii
- Oxhill 1535 VE
- Oxhill al. Oxshulf 1569 Recov
- Oxehill al. Oxehulfe 1629 ib
- Oxhill al. Oxhulfe 1649 FF
- Oxhull 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
'Ōhta 's shelf or sloping land,' v. scylf . This is a long tongue of land projecting to the north-west. Folk-etymology was already at work by 1184.