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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shooter Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Schytarhille 1275 WCR
  • Shit(t)erhill 1558 Tayl 1650 YAS
  • Shooterhill Jas1 Surv 1709 WMB
  • Shooterhill alias Litle Oldfeild 1600 WCR3d
  • Shotterhill 1612 MinAcct
  • Shoterhills 1682 Tayl

Etymology

( lost ) , Schytarhille 1275WCR, Shit (t )erhill 1558 Tayl, 1650YAS 97, Shooterhill Jas 1Surv ,1709 WMB, Shooterhill alias Litle Oldfeild 1600 WCR 3d, Shotterhill 1612MinAcct 21, Shoterhills 1682 Tayl , cf. Shooter Close 1845TA , v. scēotere ' a shooter, archer ' , hyll , most likely where archery was practised .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement