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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shaw Croft

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Shawcrofte 1654 PRHept

Etymology

, Shawcrofte 1654 PRHept , v. sceaga ' copse ' ( perhaps as the common local surname Shaw ) , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name