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.

Shottle

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shottle and Postern

Historical Forms

  • Sothelle 1086 DB
  • S(c)hethell(e) 1191,1192,1195 P 1196 ChancR
  • (parcum in) Schettulle 1330 Ass
  • Schethulle 1330 Ass
  • Sec(c)heuill' 1197,1204,1206 P
  • Sec(c)huill' 1204 ib
  • Secch(e)ull' 1198 P
  • Secch(e)hill' 1201 ib
  • Secch(e)hull' 1202,1205,1207 ib
  • Secckehull' 1203 ib
  • Sethill' 1230 P
  • S(c)hothull(e) 1298 Ipm
  • parco de S(c)hothull(e) 1330 Ass
  • park of S(c)hothull(e) 1380 Gaunt
  • S(c)hothull(e) Park 1482 MinAcct 1556 Lanc 1564 DbAxxiv
  • (park de) Shotell 1372 Gaunt
  • (the Parke of) Shottell 1541 DuLa
  • Shottyll Parke 1503 Ipm
  • Shotillparke 1522 WollCh
  • Shotley park 1610 Speed

Etymology

Perhaps 'hill with a steep slope', v. scēot 3 , hyll , as suggested by Ekwall (Studies 147–51). It was one of the parks of Duffield Frith, v. park .