Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Serdelau 1086 DB

• Serdelaw 1202 FF

• Sherdelawe 1231,1240 FF

• Sardeloua c.1200 AddCh

• S(c)hard(e)low(e) e.13th Werb 1243 Fees 1249–65 Werb 1266 Darley 1286 FF

• S(c)hard(e)law(e) 1230 Memo 1269 Ass 1397 DbCh

• Chardelawe 1273 Cl

• Scardelowe 1295 Ch

• Sharlow(e) 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed 1631 StJ

Etymology

Probably 'mound with a notch or indentation', v. sceard , hlāw .The place lies low beside the R. Trent and there can be no question of hlāw in a general sense 'hill', though a search has failed to discover the mound. Cf. however supra xv.