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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shaw Bank & Shaw Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Shaw Moor 1831 ib
  • Shaw Bank 1860 White

Etymology

, Shaw Moor 1831 ib, Shaw Bank 1860 White , ' bank and moor at a wood ' , v. sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site