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.

Drakelow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wolverley

Historical Forms

Brakelowe (sic) 1240 WoP

Drakelow, Dracloe 1582 Wills 1649 Surv

Etymology

'Dragon-hill' or 'barrow,' v. draca , hlaw and cf. Drakelow (Db), Dracanhlawen in BCS 772.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Wolverley