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Survey of English Place-Names

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Higher Shaw, Lower Shaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Nethershays 1719 Stansf
  • Shaws 1817 M
  • Upper & Lower Shaw 1843 O.S.

Etymology

( in Stansfield ) , Nethershays 1719 Stansf,Shaws 1817 M, Upper & Lower Shaw 1843 O.S. , v. sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name