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 Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Great Shaw, Little Shaw 1720 WB32

Etymology

, Great Shaw , Little Shaw 1720WB 32 , v. sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name