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.

Shute

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shute

Historical Forms

  • Schieta 1194–1206 HMCiv 13th Exon
  • S(c)hete 1228 FF 1465 Pat
  • La Shete 1242 Fees787
  • Shete juxta Culitone 1318 FF
  • Suthe 1269 Exon
  • S(c)hute 1301 Exon 1456 Pat
  • S(c)huta 1330 Exon
  • Shoote 1602 ParReg

Etymology

v. Shute supra 184.