Shatton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brough and Shatton
Historical Forms
- Scetune 1086 DB
- Scatton' 1230 P
- Schatton(e), Shatton(e) 1294 Ipm 1298 DbCh 1318 DbAxv
- Nethershatton 1508,1577 FF
- Nether Shatton 1634 Bemrose 1852 EnclA
Etymology
'Farmstead in a corner of land (between the Derwent and Overdale Brook)', v. scēat , tūn ; cf. Shatton (PN Cu 384). The modern Shatton was till comparatively recent times distinguished as Nether , cf. Upper Shatton infra 50.