Bartlow
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Bartlow is thought to mean 'burial mound with a beam or plank'. It combines the Old English 'beorg' (burial mound) with 'lāw' (grave mound, possibly with a beam).
Word origins
- Bart
- Old Englishburial mound(from beorg "hill, mound")
- low
- Old Englishgrave mound(from lāw "grave mound")
Historical forms
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