English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Shotover

Major Settlement in the Parish of Forest Hill with Shotover

Historical Forms

  • Scotorne 1086 DB
  • Sotora 1130 P 1234 Cl
  • Sotore 1222 Cl
  • Sottor' 1231,8 Cl 1278–9 RH
  • Sottore 1237 Cl
  • Schotouer 1142 S c.1280
  • Schottouere 1220 S c.1280 Ipm 1264
  • Schotover' 1242 Cl
  • Schotovere 1249 Cl
  • Schotover 1250 Ipm
  • Shoythore c.1142 Frid c.1425
  • Shotore 1215 Cl 1400 Cl
  • Sottovre 1223 Cl 1278–9 RH
  • Shotovr' 1223 Cl
  • Scottover 1227 Ch
  • Scottovre 1241 Fees
  • Scottou're 1278–9 RH
  • Sothore 1229 Cl 1240 Cl
  • Shothour' 1234 Cl
  • Shothovr 1239 Cl 1290 Eynsh
  • Sothovere 1248 Cl
  • Scothou' 1246–7 Ass
  • Sottouere 1247–9 S c.1280 RH 1278–9
  • Scothore 1275–6 RH
  • Scorttove 1285 Ass
  • Schothovere 1298 Eynsh
  • Schottore 1311 BC c.1444

Etymology

Ekwall (DEPN under Shottle) assumes an OE  *scēot , derived from the base skeut - found in the element sciez which occurs in OHG place-names. The word would be related to shoot , and would mean 'steep slope.' This gives a satisfactory explanation of a number of names in Shot -. The second element of Shotover seems to have been ōra or ōfer , both of which can mean 'hill slope,' more or less indiscriminately.

Places in the same Parish