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.

Shawhall

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Shaw Hole 1845 TA

Etymology

, [ ʃei c: ] , 1860 White , Shaw Hole 1845TA , ' hollow at a wood ' , v. sc(e)aga , hol 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site