English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Shellow, Great Shellow, Shellow Lane, and Shellow Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • Shellow 1831 Bry
  • Little Shellow 1847 TA
  • Old House 1831 Bry
  • Shellow 1842 OS
  • Shellow Moss 1831 Bry
  • Shellow Heath 1847 TA
  • Shellow End 1724 NotCestr 1831 Bry

Etymology

Shellow, Shellow 1831 Bry, Little Shellow 1847TA , Great Shellow (lost), 1847TA , Old House 1831 Bry, Shellow 1842 OS, Shellow Lane, and Shellow Wood, Shellow Moss 1831 Bry, Shellow Heath 1847TA , comprised the hamlet Shellow End (lost), Shellow End 1724 NotCestr, 1831 Bry, cf. Hugh & William de Celdelawe 1289 Court, probably 'mound at a shelter', from sceld and hlāw , v. ende 1 , lane , mos .