English Explanatory Dictionary

Bagshaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith parish, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK078811).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bagshaw Bagshaws

Etymology

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

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