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.

Trotshill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warndon

Historical Forms

  • Trotte(s)well c.1086 EveB 1190 WoP 1240 For 1262,1280 Wills 1552 WoCh 1667
  • Croteswelle (sic) 1182 RBB 18th
  • Trottuswelle 1332 SR
  • Trotsall, Trotswell 1649 Surv
  • Trots Hall c.1830 O

Etymology

This is a compound of wielle and the pers. name Trott found in Trottesclif (BCS 253) now Trotterscliffe (K) and Trotsworth in Egham (Sr). It may be a pet-form for an OE  name in Torht -.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement