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Shotley
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Shatley Shetley
Etymology
Recorded as Scoteleia in the Domesday Book, the English village is probably named with en ang Sċott Scot, Scottish person + ang lēah woodland clearing, glade. Equivalent to en Scot -leigh -ley en lea.
Proper noun
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en village/and/cpar in dist/Babergh co/Suffolk cc/England OS grid ref TM236351. Parish map (Suffolk)
en 2021 A. K. Blakemore The Manningtree Witches Granta Books 196-197 They send letters entreating him to come, to Shotley, Tattingstone, Witham – as far away as Northamptonshire.
en unincorporated community co/Beltrami County s/Minnesota c/US.
en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Shotley Bridge
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shotley is the 473286th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29 individuals.
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