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 Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Holmeshaies 1592 WillY
  • Shawbanck 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Holmeshaies 1592 WillY, Shawbanck 1709 WMB , v. sceaga ' copse ' , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name