English Explanatory Dictionary

Henshaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY765645).
  2. A suburb of Yeadon, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2040).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Henshaw Henshaws Henshall Hinshaw

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

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