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.

Church Shocklach

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shocklach

Historical Forms

  • Chircheshokelache 1313 Orm2
  • Shok(e)lache iuxta Horton 1506 Plea 1508 ChRR

Etymology

'The township of Shocklach in which the church stands', v. cirice , cf. Shocklach infra , St Edith's Church infra . This township adjoins Horton 55supra .