Longslow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Moreton Say
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.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Castlehill Wd
- Ford Hall
- Fordhall Cottages, Fordhall Villa
- Long Covert
- Longford Cottage, Longford Ho, Longford Villa
- Smythemoor
- Waterloo Cottage
- The Bath
- Cheadle Orchard
- Higginswood
- Hill Fm
- Lockett's Gorse
- Moreton Hall
- Moreton Mill
- Moretonwood
- Pedsmore Pltn
- Styche Fm
- Home Fm
- Shavington Hall, Shavington Park
- Shavington Wd
- Snakes Pltn
- The Spinneys
- Wall Pltn
- Yewtree Ho
- Big Pool
- Big Wd
- Cloverley Dole
- Cloverley Wall Pltn
- Moat Fm, Moat Pltn
- Moat Planting
- Lane
- Nobridge
- Park Gorse
- Rhiews, Rhiews Fm
- The Rookery
- Shavington Grange
- Springs Pltn
- Styche Fm
- Styche Wd
Major Settlement
Field
- Bank Fd
- Banky Fd
- Black Pits
- Bottoms
- Brick Kiln
- Buttermilk Hill
- Clay Pits
- Cockpit Croft
- Croft
- Cut End
- Daniel
- Dickens Six Acres
- Dugnalls
- Gorsy Fd
- Greasy Fd
- Green
- Green Fd Brick Kiln
- Greys Yd
- Guady Bit
- Halfway House Croft
- Herons Pit
- Hildick Fd
- Horse Pasture
- Lees
- Little Fd
- Little Mdw
- New Longford Fd
- Long Friday
- Low Hill
- Marlpit Fd
- Masseys Fd
- Meadow
- Mill Fd
- Moors
- Near Mdw
- New Lsw
- New Pce
- Nobridge Fd
- Paddock
- Pear Tree Croft
- Perkins Nook
- Pooles End
- Pool Fd
- Sawpit Bank
- Shut Flat
- Spoonley Fd
- Styche Bank and Long Croft
- Well Moor
- Yard Fd