Etymology

Shardlow

S1H4A1R1D2L1O1W4

Today it means: A village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK437302). Full definition →

Old English sċeard
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old English · derived fromsċeard“notch, indentation”
  2. English todayShardlow

From Old English sċeard (“notch, indentation”) + hlǣw (“mound”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsċeard all →

shardShadwellShoard

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.