Shotley

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with Old English Sċott (Scot, Scottish person) + lēah (woodland clearing, glade). Equivalent to Scot +‎ -ley (lea).

Proper noun

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Shotley (countable and uncountable, plural Shotleys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM236351).
    • 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, pages 196-197:
      They send letters entreating him to come, to Shotley, Tattingstone, Witham – as far away as Northamptonshire.
  2. An unincorporated community in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shotley is the 473286th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29 individuals.

Further reading

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