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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shut Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • Schute Lane 1295,1306 Ct
  • le Schute brok 1307 Ct
  • Shote, Shet Mill 1500 Nash 18th

Etymology

Presumably we have here an early example of the use of the word shoot to denote a rush of water. The lane must have led down to it. The earliest example of this sense (s. v. shoot , sb) in the NED is dated 1613.