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According to the fourth edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names,
SHOCKLACH means "Goblin stream" .
The name appears in the Domesday Book (1086) as "Socheliche" and in the County Court,
City Court and Eyre Rolls of Chester (1260) as "Schoclache".
The Old English for goblin was scucca and lache (according to the Oxford English Dictionary)
is a variant of letch which means "wet ditch or bog" or
"a stream flowing through boggy land; a muddy ditch or hole".
Just out of interest, there is a village in Devon near Crediton called Shobrooke
and the Dictionary compares the original meaning of this name
(goblin brook) with that of Shocklach.
Also, Shocklach is divided into two parishes: Shocklach Church and Shocklach Oviatt.
The latter is recorded in 1309 as Shocklach Ovyet and it is thought that this may
mean "Ufegeat's part of Shocklach" or possibly "Wulfgeat's part of Shocklach".
The names Vluiet and Vuiet appear in the Domesday Book as tenants in Shocklach.
SHOCKLACH MAY HAVE BEEN SETTLED BY THE VIKINGS ...
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