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Name Ending
Introduction
  -bec, beck
  -burgh
  -by, bi
  -chester, caister
  -den, dene
  -don
  -field
  -firth
  -ford
  -hall
  -ham
  -ing
  -kirk
  -ley, lea, leigh
  -minster
  -scale
  -sea, sey
  -shaw, shawe
  -stock, stoke, stow
  -thwaite
  -ton
  -ville
  -wick
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New Light on Old Place Names

SHAW, SHAWE
Basic meaning="copse or wood"
A few place names using the term
Shaw is of English and Scottish origin. This name is derived from the Middle English schage, shage, schawe, and shawe, from the Old English sceaga meaning "dweller by the wood". The name can also be a habitational name derived from places named after these words. The English surname was established in Ireland during the 17th century.
Aldershot
Birkenshaw
Shaw
Withenshaw
Copse of alder trees
Copse of birch trees
Copse or small wood
Copse of willow trees


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