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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : possibly an altered form of Longshaw, habitational name from Longshaw in Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, and Staffordshire, named from Middle English lang, long + shaw ‘copse’, ‘small wood’ (Old English sceaga).

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