English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Shaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • S(c)hal(l) 1218 FF 1301 LS

Etymology

This may be an Anglicised form of ON  skali 'shieling' or an AN form of sc(e)aga 'wood' (v. Swinesale 110supra ).