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Great Shacklow Wood and Little Shacklow Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheldon

Historical Forms

  • Chekelowe 1330 Ipm
  • Chackelow 1336 Ct
  • Chakkelewe 1353 Ipm
  • Shak(e)lowe 1332 Middleton 1423 BelCh
  • Shacklow 1617 Senior 1687 Halliii

Etymology

Great Shacklow Wood and Little Shacklow Wood, Chekelowe 1330 Ipm, Chackelow 1336Ct , Chakkelewe 1353 Ipm, Shak (e )lowe 1332Middleton , 1423BelCh , Shacklow 1617Senior , 1687 Hall iii. Perhaps 'Scæcca's burial-mound', v. hlāw ; cf. Shakenhurst (PN Wo 40).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement