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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sparklow

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartington Middle Quarter

Historical Forms

  • Sparcelowe 1607 StarChamb
  • Sparklowe 1617 Senior

Etymology

, Sparcelowe 1607StarChamb , Sparklowe 1617Senior , v. spearca , hlāw . Spark is found as a medieval surname , probably of local origin from some p.n. derived from spearca , but there may also have been an OE  pers.n. Spearca , which is not improbable in a p.n. containing hlāw . Such a pers. n. might be derived from OE  spearca ' spark ' .