The story
- Old English · derived fromSċott“Scot, Scottish person”
- English todayShotley
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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.