Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Walanceslau 1086 DB

• Wlankeslaw' 1200 Cur

• Wlankeslawe 1214 P 1271-2 Ass

• Wlankeslauwe 1221-2 Ass

• Wlankeslowe 1290(p),1314 Ipm

• Wlonkeslawe 1212 Fees 1431 FA

• Wlonckeslawe 1235-6 Fees

• Wlonkislow 1255 RH

• Wloncuslowe 1334 SR

• Wancleslawe 1235-6 Fees

• Wlonkelawe 1271-2 Ass

• Wronkeslowe 1271-2 Ass

• Wlongeslowe p.1362 SBL6594 1410 Fine

• Lonkeslowe 1489 Ipm

• Lonkslow 1717 PR(L)

• Longslowe 1672 HTR

• Longslow 1712 PR(L)

Etymology

'Wlanc's tumulus'. The personal name, which means 'stately, proud', would be appropriate to an aristocratic Mercian of the late 6th - early 7th century, when barrow-burial was in fashion among the Anglo-Saxons. Shropshire names of this type are discussed under Beslow.