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.

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).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site