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.

Watershute

Early-attested site in the Parish of Parkham

Historical Forms

  • atte Watershute 1330 SR

Etymology

Watershute was the home of Adam atte Watershute (1330SR ).The place stands at the source of a streamlet so that the meaning may, as suggested by Blomé (45), be 'place where the stream shoots forth, river-source.'