Etymology

Shawforth

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Today it means: A village and ward in the Township of Whitworth in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8818). Full definition →

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The story

From Old English sċeaga (“wood or grove”) + ford (“ford”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.