I found, "The earliest recorded mention of Shudehill
was in 1554 but it is probably older. The name of the
street may derive from the word 'Shude' which means
husks of oats, but this is uncertain."
Shudehill is part of the central Medieval market area
at the heart of Anglo-Saxon Manchester: Shambles
Square, Hanging Ditch, Cathedral [ex parish church]
etc - so a 'produce' name isn't unlikely as Manchester
would have been at the heart of the region's
'cornlands'. The Romano-British part is close to a
mile away so it's likely to be wholly English in
origin [unlike the nearby Cheetham Hill].
Cheers
Paul
--- Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > It's not indexed in PN YWR 8.
>
> But it is in PN YWR 1 page 207!
> atte Vikerres 1379. Smith derives it from a
> postulated ON *vikir 'willow'.
>
> The same page has an unconvincing derivation of
> Shude Hill from sceod 'pod'. I asked about Shude
> Hill in Manchester in April 2005 and nobody offered
> a theory or connected it to the Sheffield name.
> Could Shute Hill become Shude Hill?
>
> Keith
>
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