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.

Shutscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Charles

Historical Forms

  • Shottescomb 1330 SR

Etymology

is Shottescomb 1330SR (p) . Probably ' Scot 'scombe , ' cf. Shaftsborough supra 54 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement