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Survey of English Place-Names

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Marshall Shaw Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Drax

Historical Forms

  • Marshal Shaw 1841 O.S.
  • Marshall 17,18 PRClt

Etymology

, Marshal Shaw 1841 O.S., named from a local familyof Marshall (17, 18 PRCltfreq ) , cf. also Mascal Close , a local f.n. 5 supra .