Bagshaw

name

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Definitions

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

Etymology

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

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