SHOTTLE, a township, joint with Postern, in the
parish of DUFFIELD, hundred of APPLETREE, county
of DERBY, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Belper, containing,
with Postern, 607 inhabitants. The sum of £6 per
annum, arising partly from a bequest by Ralph Dowley,
in 1740, is paid to a schoolmaster for teaching the
poor children of the township, in a school-room erected
by subscription among the inhabitants.