Darvill, Shrewsbury

Introduction

'Darvill' is an area of land in north Shrewsbury, extending roughly between the Ellesmere Road and Pimley. It is a corruption of 'deer fold', which occurs as Derfald (1155), and Deerfalde (1170-80). The transition to the modern placename form occurs in the late 17th century, when forms such as Dervall and Darvell appear. The name probably marks the site of a late-Saxon or early post-Conquest hay or park.