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Hadlow Family History

This name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is locational from a place in Kent called Hadlow, or from Hadlow (Down) in Sussex. The former, recorded as "Haslow" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as "Hadlo" in the 1241 Episcopal Registers of Kent, is so called from the Olde English pre 7th Century, "hath", a side form of "haeth", meaning heathland or heather, plus "hlaw", a hill or burial mound; hence, "heather-covered hill". The latter, appearing as "Hadleg" in the 1254 Patent Rolls of Sussex, and as "Haddele(g)h" in the "Place Names of Sussex" (1279), derives its name from the Olde English "haeth", heather, plus "leah", a wood or clearing.