Shiel

Shiel
This name is of English locational origin from north or south Shields - the former in Northumberland and the latter in Durham. The name in both cases derives from the Medieval English 'schele' itself coming from the Olde English pre 7th Century 'sceol' meaning a shed, hut or shelter. In some cases the name may be topographic for someone who lived by such a temporary shelter. The surname is first recorded in Scotland, (see below). The following quotation from Burns reads 'The swallow jinkin round my shiel'. One Roger ate Schelde appears in the 1332 'Subsidy Rolls of Surrey' and a Willelmus de Scheles in the 1379 'Poll Tax Records of Yorkshire'. In the 'modern' idiom the name has eight spelling variations, Shiel(ds), Shiel(l)s, Sheil(ds) and Sheal(s). The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Thomas of le Schele, which was dated 1274 who was a Juror on an inquisition made at Traqueyr, during the reign of King Alexander 111 of Scotland, 1249 - 1286. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Shiel — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: George K. Shiel (1825–1893), US amerikanischer Politiker M. P. Shiel (1865–1947), britischer Schriftsteller Der Name Shiel bezeichnet außerdem: Loch Shiel, einen See in Schottland Siehe auch: Shiels …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shiel — Shiel, n. A sheeling. [Scot.] Burns. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shiel — shiel; shiel·ing; …   English syllables

  • shiel|ing — «SHEE lihng», noun. Scottish. 1. a shiel. 2. a piece of pasture: »... sone…she and her colleagues may have chanted on the lone shieling (Punch). Also, shealing, sheiling …   Useful english dictionary

  • Shiel (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Shiel est un nom de famille et un nom de lieu. Patronyme Graham Shiel (1970 ), joueur de rugby à XV écossais Matthew Phipps Shiel alias Felipe I (1880… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Shiel, M[atthew] P[hipps] —    (1865–1947)    British weird writer. HPL discovered Shiel in 1923, when W.Paul Cook lent him The Pale Ape and Other Pulses (1911), containing “The House of Sounds” (originally published as “Vaila” in Shapes in the Fire [1896]), which HPL… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • Shiel, Loch — ▪ lake, Scotland, United Kingdom       narrow lake, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. About 17 miles (28 km) long, it extends ribbonlike from Glenfinnan southwestward and drains into the 3 mile (5 km ) long River Shiel, which empties into… …   Universalium

  • shiel — noun Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) schele; probably akin to Old Frisian skiāle stable, Old Norse skjōl shelter Date: 13th century chiefly Scottish shieling …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shiel — /sheel/, n. Scot. shieling. [1250 1300; ME schele; cf. ON skali hut, shed; akin to OE scyr hut, OHG scur, ON skurr penthouse] * * * …   Universalium

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