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 Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Oxenhall

Historical Forms

  • la Schawe c.1275 For

Etymology

, 1830 M , la Schawe c. 1275For (p) , v. sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement