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.

Shodwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromborough

Historical Forms

  • Shodwell 1842 OS
  • Shod Well 1831 Bry
  • le Holghshotehale and le Shot vocat' le Holghshotehalefeld 1412 JRC

Etymology

Shodwell (lost, 109–362825), Shodwell 1842 OS, Shod Well 1831 Bry, a fishing hamlet beside R. Mersey of which only a ruined cottage and a limekiln remained in 1924 (letter to Allen Mawer from R. Stewart Brown), apparently from the p.n. Shotehale recorded in le Holghshotehale and le Shot vocat ' le Holghshotehalefeld 1412JRC .Shotehale is 'corner of land in a nook or hollow', from scēata and halh , and the shot would be a scēat(a) (ME , ModEdial. shot ) 'a division of a field, a piece of ground', called 'the low-lying part-, the low-lying field-, of Shotehale ', v. holh .