English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Settlawe

Field in the Parish of Hartshorne

Historical Forms

  • Settlawe c.1206–22 DbAns

Etymology

Settlawe c. 1206–22(apparently'seat-shaped hill', from OE  *set -hlāw,cf. set-copp)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement