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.

White Shaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Wyteshawe als. Whyteshawe 1596 FF
  • Weetshaw(e) als. Whiteshaw(e) 1681 MDLds 1684 WYD

Etymology

, 1850TA , Wyteshawe als. Whyteshawe 1596 FF, Weetshaw (e )als. Whiteshaw (e )1681MDLds 1, 1684 WYD , v. hwīt , sceaga ' copse ' .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name