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.

Shushions

Early-attested site in the Parish of Church Eaton

Historical Forms

  • Sceotestan 1086 DB
  • Scuston 1293 QW
  • Chuston als Schuston 1310 Ipm
  • S(c)huston c.1255 FF 1566 1293 Ass 1294to1345 Banco 1327 SR Eliz ChancP
  • Shueston 1304 FF
  • Shiston 1283 ib
  • Shuston vel Shushorne c.1680 SP
  • Shushton Hall 1775 Yates
  • Shushions Hall 1834 O

Etymology

'The stone of Scēot ', v. stān . The same pers.n. may occur in Shustoke Wa 92 where it is combined with cot .