Etymology

Bagshaw

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Today it means: A hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith parish, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK078811). Full definition →

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The story

From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word *bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.