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.

Sharplow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tissington

Historical Forms

  • Sharp(e)low(e) 1330 Ass c.1338 DbAxvi 1490 BurtReg 1654 Portland
  • Sharpley 1630 Plan

Etymology

Sharplow, Sharp (e )low (e )1330Ass (p), c. 1338 DbA xvi(p), 1490BurtReg , 1654Portland , Sharpley 1630Plan . 'Sharp or pointed burial-mound', v. scearp , hlāw . The tumulus, unnamed on the O.S. Map, is further up the hill from the farm.