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.

Shooters Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Avon Dassett

Historical Forms

  • Schiterhulle t.Ed3 Chalcombe

Etymology

Shooters Hill is Schiterhulle t. Ed 3Chalcombe . This is probably 'shooters' (i.e. archers') hill.' Cf. Shooters Hill (PN Nth 177, PN K 3).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement