Shotton
hamlet · Northumberland
Old EnglishAI-generated
The name Shotton likely means 'the settlement on the stubby or short piece of land'. It is composed of an Old English personal name or descriptive term and the common settlement suffix 'tun'.
Word origins
- shot
- Old Englishshort, stubby(from scort "short")
- tun
- Old Englishsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, settlement")
Historical forms
Scortone · Scotton