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Small Shaw (Wood)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Smaleshaye 1587 WillY
  • Smaleshaw(e) 1633 FGr 1644 PRHept

Etymology

, 1780 Wad 106 , Smaleshaye 1587 WillY, Smaleshaw (e )1633FGr 23, 1644 PRHept , ' narrow copse ' , v. smæl , sceaga , cf. BroadShaw supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name