Drakelowe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Drakelow
Historical Forms
- (æt) Dracan hlawen 942 Peniarth 13th
- Drakel' 942 Peniarth 13th
- Drakelawa, Drakelaw(e) 1175,1176,1177,1178,1179,1180 P 1330 QW
- Drachelawe 1086 DB 1185 BurtCh
- Drakeslawe 1183,1184,1186 P
- Drakelow(e), Drakeloue 1201 CartAnt 1227,c.1250 Burton 1272 BurtCh 1275,1280 Burton 1284–6 FA
- Draggelawe 1307 Abbr
Etymology
'Dragon's mound', v. draca , hlāw ; cf. Drakelow (PN Wo 258), Dragley (PN La 212), Drakelowe 1415DuLaMB , an unidentified place in Bonsal supra 345, and Bruce Dickins “English Names and OE Heathenism”, Essays and Studies xix, 160. This name reflects the common idea of a dragon protecting a burial-mound.