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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shaws Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Shaws Clough, Shaws Lane 1750 TaxS

Etymology

, Shaws Clough , Shaws Lane 1750 TaxS , cf. del Schagh 1323WCR (p) , v. sceaga ' copse ' ( perhaps as a local surname ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name