Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Schadewelle m12,eHy3(p1269) Bard Hy3 HarlCh

• stagnum molendini de Scadewelle l12–e13(p1269) Bard

• Shadwells 1621 MiscDon 1676 BartTB 1704 BPD

Etymology

SHADWELLS (local, represented today by the st.n. Shadwell Rise), Schadewelle m12, eHy3 (p1269)Bard , Hy3HarlCh , stagnum molendini de Scadewelle l12–e13 (p1269)Bard , Shadwells 1621MiscDon 251 , 1676 BartTB, 1704BPD , cf. Schadewelledal (e ), Schadewelledal (e )dam eHy3 (p1269) Bard (v. dammr ), Schadewalledale (sic)Hy3 (p1269) ib , Schadewel dale 1294Foster , Schadewelledale , in valle de schadewelle Hy3HarlCh (v. dæl , dalr ), Shadwell dry pitt 1658BPD , shadwell drie Acre pitt 1666ib . There does not seem to be a known or suspected boundary here, so it is unlikely to be identical with Shadwell Spring, PN O 10, 'the spring on or near a boundary', from scēad and wella . The most likely explanation would, therefore, appear to be 'the spring in a shady place', v. sceadu , wella , as in Shadwell, PN YW 4, 102, and PN Gl 2, 254. v. Blow Wells Plantation infra .