Manships Shaw
Early-attested site in the Parish of Gatton
Historical Forms
- Menship's Shaw 1838 TA
Etymology
Manships Shaw (6″) is so named in 1770 (Deed ), and is Menship 's Shaw 1838TA . This almost certainly contains OE (ge )mǣnscipe , 'community.' previously found in Mansditch (PN D 130). Cf. Manships infra 386.