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Lower Shaw, Upper Shaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Shaw 1624 Greave 1709 WMB
  • Lower Shaw 1717 HAS

Etymology

, Shaw 1624 Greave, 1709WMB, Lower Shaw 1717 HAS 15, 161 , v. sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name