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-wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Sturston

Historical Forms

  • Fentons(c)hawe 1286,1287,1309,1310 Kniveton 1421 RadCh

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Fentons (c )hawe 1286,1287, 1309, 1310Kniveton , 1421 RadCh , v. sceaga and cf. Painter'sLane infra 621 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement