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.

Evershot

Major Settlement in the Parish of Evershot

Historical Forms

  • Teversict (sic) 1201 FF
  • Teuerset 1244 Ass
  • Teuershet 1268 ib
  • Teuereschet 1273 Banco
  • Teuerschit 1327 SR
  • Theueresete 1244 Ass
  • Theuershet 1268 ib
  • Theuersete 1273 Banco
  • Theuerchet 1288 Ass
  • Theuerschute, Theuerschyte 1302 Drew
  • Thevers(s)hut 1345 Ipm 1361 Cl
  • Evereshet 1285 Drew
  • Everset 1286 Ch
  • Evershet 1286 1288 Ass 1443,1446 Pat 1619 Ct
  • Euerset(e) 1288 Ass
  • Euershet 1288 ib
  • Everschet 1427 Pat
  • Evhershete 1431 Fine
  • Everchett 1459 MinAcct
  • Heuerchet 1288 Ass
  • Euershut 1293 FF
  • Evershut(e) 1341 Ipm 1432 Fine
  • Euershewte 1533 Brid
  • Evershutt 1596 Ilch
  • Evershuite 1620 CH
  • Everyschitte 14 Cecil
  • Evershit 1386 Pat 1431 FA
  • Euerschit 1393 MinAcct
  • Euershitte 15 Sher
  • Evershytte 1412 FA
  • Evershyt 1429 Fine
  • Euershytte 1431 DorR
  • Evershot 1486 Ipm 1535–43 Leland
  • Euershote 1528 Ilch
  • Evershott(e) 1546 1664 HTax
  • Evershote 1551 AddCh
  • Overshit, Overshyt 1504 Pat

Etymology

Probably 'corner or nook of land frequented by wild boar', v. eofor , *scīete (a WSax mutated form of scēat(a)). The early spellings in T - and Th - are due to metanalysis of the prepositional phrase 'at E-', where the preposition (OE  æt) was taken to be part of the name, cf. Theuerdenne 3112 which may contain the same first el. The feature referred to as *scīete is probably the upper end of the valley of R. Frome in which the village lies (the river in fact rises here, v. St John's Well infra ).