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[Surname] Re: meaning of british surnames
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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 :)
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Oxford (place-names) says:

SHARDLOW, Derbys.: "mound with a notch or indentation"

Andy ;—)
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and that is pretty logical... shards are like notches and indentations... pointy... aren't they?
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