Shottermill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Shottermill
Historical Forms
- (dimid' virgat' vocat') Shottover 1537 MinAcct
- Schotouermyll 1607 Norden 1641 HaslemereParReg
- Shottermill 1583 MinAcct
- Shotter Myll 1600 SrWills
- Shottermill 1606 HaslemereParReg
Etymology
The forms are too late for any etymology to be possible.A Robert Shottover is mentioned in the 1537 document, and the surname Shotter is common in the district. The family name may be local in origin, or it may be that the land was named from a family of Shotover coming from Shotover (O).