Shardlow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne
Historical Forms
- Serdelau 1086 DB
- Serdelaw 1202 FF
- Sherdelawe 1231,1240 FF
- Sardeloua c.1200 AddCh
- S(c)hard(e)low(e) e.13th Werb 1243 Fees 1249–65 Werb 1266 Darley 1286 FF
- S(c)hard(e)law(e) 1230 Memo 1269 Ass 1397 DbCh
- Chardelawe 1273 Cl
- Scardelowe 1295 Ch
- Sharlow(e) 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed 1631 StJ
Etymology
Probably 'mound with a notch or indentation', v. sceard , hlāw .The place lies low beside the R. Trent and there can be no question of hlāw in a general sense 'hill', though a search has failed to discover the mound. Cf. however supra xv.