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.

Oxhill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Oxhill

Historical Forms

  • Octeselve 1086 DB 12th
  • Octesselva 12th AD
  • Octesselfa, Octeshelva c.1135–89 Ch 1266
  • Ohteselua t.Stephen BM
  • Osteschelua 1187 P
  • Ochteselue 1221 FF
  • Otheshelue 1221 Bracton
  • Ohteshulue 1221 Ass
  • Oghteshull 1242 FF
  • Ostesilvae 12th Ord
  • (H)ostes(s)hulle 1176 France 1221 FF 1267 Ch
  • Octeselle 1183 Stafford
  • Octeshull 1229 FF
  • Ogteshull 1232 Ass
  • Oxeschelfa 1184 P
  • Oxeschelua 1186 ib
  • Oxeself 1199 Cur
  • Ox(e)sulve t.Hy3 ADii 1262 Ass
  • Ox(e)schulf 1255 Pat 1485 ADiv
  • Oxshelve, Oxshulve, Oxsulve c.1350 Ct
  • Oxshulf 1428 FA c.1480 ECP 1507 FF
  • Oxhulff 1489 Pat
  • Oxshelf 1545 Ct
  • Otheselve, Otteselve c.1200 AD
  • Otteselve 13th ADii
  • Oftesulphia 13th CartMisc
  • Ocsulf 1230 ChancR
  • Ocsulve 1235 Fees
  • Uhtteshulue 1240 FF
  • Okschull 1276 Wigorn
  • Oxhulle 1298 Ipm 1330 FA
  • Oxhille 1298–9 Ipm
  • Oxsshile 1482 ADiii
  • Oxhill 1535 VE
  • Oxhill al. Oxshulf 1569 Recov
  • Oxehill al. Oxehulfe 1629 ib
  • Oxhill al. Oxhulfe 1649 FF
  • Oxhull 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Ōhta 's shelf or sloping land,' v. scylf . This is a long tongue of land projecting to the north-west. Folk-etymology was already at work by 1184.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site