Wadlow
Early-attested site in the Parish of Toddington
Historical Forms
- Wadelawe 1200 FF 1202 Ass 1212 FF 1220 LS 1236,1243 FF 1247 Ass
- Waudelawe 1236 FF 1240 Ass
- Wadlowe 1236 FF
- Wadelowe 1247 Ass 1250 Ch 1286 Dunst 1291 Tax 1323 Ch
Etymology
Probably 'Wada's hill or barrow' v. hlaw . The two forms in Waud - look as if the first element were weald , but that would make the subsequent development very difficult to explain. Lysons says (143) that this was a mile from Toddington and that there were considerable traces of buildings in a field which goes by the same name.This is clearly the field known as Wadlowes , Wadeloes , in the 17th cent. strip map, near Redhill Farm.