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.

Orslow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Church Eaton

Historical Forms

  • Horslage 1195 P
  • Horselawe 1203 Fine 1208 Ass
  • Hors(e)lowe 1208 FF 1285 Ch 1298to1468 Ipm 1323 CoramR
  • Horselow 1775 Yates
  • Ors(e)lowe 1242 Fees 1265 Ch 1306 GDR 1363to1472 Banco 1443to1604 FF 1539 MusterR 1535 VE 1583 Blymhill
  • Orsloe c.1680 GKNB
  • Orslow 1755 Bowen 1833 O

Etymology

'Horsa's burial mound', v. hlāw , or perhaps 'the horses' mound', v. hors (gen.pl. horsa ). The loss of the initial h - is typical of the St dialect.