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.

Whirlow & Whirlow Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Hurlowe 1501 Goodall
  • Whorlow(e) Lane, Whorlow(e) grene 1557 WillY 1587 Dep 1591 WillY 1655 Wheat
  • Horlowe grene 1587 Dep
  • Whirlow 1822 Langd

Etymology

Whirlow & Whirlow Green, Hurlowe 1501 Goodall, Whorlow (e ) Lane , Whorlow (e ) grene 1557 WillY, 1587 Dep, 1591 WillY, 1655 Wheat, Horlowe grene 1587 Dep, Whirlow 1822 Langd. Whirlow is near the county boundary above Limb Brook on the Sheffield-Hathersage road, and means 'boundary mound', v. hār 2 'grey' (sometimes used to denote a boundary mark, v. EPN i, 234), hlāw . The late forms with W - are paralleled by Warstock (Wo 357, Wa 72). v. grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name