Re: meaning of british surnames
in reply to a message by M,S
Shadlow may be from the surname Shardlow (also found in the Oxford Dictionary of English surnames which is a place name in Derbyshire.
Shardlow may also mean "shady lowland" too but I can't find my Dictionary of English Place names anywhere :(.
I hope this helps :)
Shardlow may also mean "shady lowland" too but I can't find my Dictionary of English Place names anywhere :(.
I hope this helps :)
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Oxford (place-names) says:
SHARDLOW, Derbys.: "mound with a notch or indentation"
Andy ;—)
SHARDLOW, Derbys.: "mound with a notch or indentation"
Andy ;—)
and that is pretty logical... shards are like notches and indentations... pointy... aren't they?