Anshaw Clough
valley · Blackburn with Darwen
Old EnglishAI-generated
Anshaw Clough likely means 'the ash tree clearing's ravine'. It combines an Old English personal name or a word for ash trees with a word for a clearing, followed by a Norse term for a ravine.
Word origins
- Anshaw
- Old Englishash tree clearing(from æsc "ash tree", hēaw "clearing, wood-cutting")
- Clough
- Old Norseravine, gorge(from klǫf "ravine, cleft")