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.

Lanshaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Lang(e)shawe 1383 MinAcct 1599 FF
  • Lang(e)shawe als. Lanshawe 1623 FF
  • Longshae 1598 PRClp
  • Launshaw 1617 ib

Etymology

Lanshaw, 1609, 1650 PRClp, Lang (e )shawe 1383MinAcct , 1599 FF, Lang (e )shawe als. Lanshawe 1623 FF, Longshae 1598 PRClp, Launshaw 1617 ib.'The long copse', v. lang , sceaga .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement