Meanings
oakenshaw1
plural oakenshaws
- A grove of oaks.
1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis mute, the word they went to hear on high Dodona mountain When winds were in the oakenshaws and all the cauldrons tolled, And mute's the midland navel-stone beside the singing fountain, And echoes list to silence now where gods told lies of old.
Oakenshaw2
- A village in Greater Willington parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2036).
- A suburb of Clayton-le-Moors, Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7431).
- A suburb of Redditch, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0465).
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