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Survey of English Place-Names

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Watershoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Watershuttfilde 1575 TRMB
  • Watershott 1605 Comm

Etymology

, Watershuttfilde 1575TRMB , Watershott 1605Comm , OE wæter -scyte ' a rush of water ' ( cf. Löfvenberg 187 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement