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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.

Shilla Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Shildemyll 1488 Rental
  • Shellamyll 1606 DCoNQ10,103
  • Shillamille 1670 Recov

Etymology

The same name in Cornwall is Shillamille 1670Recov .Possibly the d is an error and in both names we have the word shill , 'sonorous, resonant,' applied to the sound of the mill. Cf. Skillaton supra 67.