Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Shacklewell 1698 Anc 1826 G

• Shaklewell l17 Anc

• Shacklewell Spinney 1893 ib

Etymology

SHACKLEWELL, SHACKLEWELL LODGE, SHACKLEWELL SPINNEY, Shacklewell 1698Anc , 1826 G, Shaklewell l17Anc , Shacklewell Spinney 1893ib , possibly 'the spring or stream where animals are shackled', v. sceacol , wella .However, sceacol in this compound may be a much older form of the dial. word shackle 'quaking grass' from the OE  verb sceacan 'to shake' (i.e. referring to something loose, just as a shackle allows 'loose movement') and may allude to quake-fen at the spring or along the stream. Shacklewell rises at a spring on the south-eastern boundary of the parish and then, forming the line of the boundary itself, runs into R. Gwash, v. Sr 199–200s. n. Shackleford, cf. Shacklewell Mx 107.