Kershaw
Encyclopedia
Kershaw as a surname
derives from a topographical identifier in the northern dialect of Middle English
: kirk "church" and shaw "grove". Places named Kirkshaw include Kirkshaw in the parish of Rochdale
, Lancashire, and two hamlets in West Yorkshire
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
derives from a topographical identifier in the northern dialect of Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
: kirk "church" and shaw "grove". Places named Kirkshaw include Kirkshaw in the parish of Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan...
, Lancashire, and two hamlets in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
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People
- Abbey Lee Kershaw (born 1987), Australian fashion model
- Andy KershawAndy KershawAndy Kershaw is a British broadcaster, known for his interest in world music.His shows feature a mix of country, blues, reggae, folk music, spoken word performance from the likes of Ivor Cutler, and other music from around the world.- Early Life :Kershaw and his sister, fellow broadcaster Liz...
(born 1959), British radio DJ - Betty KershawBetty KershawDame Janet Elizabeth Murray "Betty" Kershaw, DBE, FRCN, CStJ, née Gammie , was Professor of Nursing and Dean at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield from 1999 to 2006....
(born 1943), British professor of nursing - Bob KershawBob KershawRobert H. C. Kershaw was a fighter pilot and later businessman of South Africa, notable as the first South African recipient of the Distinguished Service Order in World War II, for his daring rescue of downed squadron leader Jack Frost....
, South African fighter pilot in World War II - Clayton KershawClayton KershawClayton Edward Kershaw is a left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.In 2011, Kershaw won the Pitching Triple Crown and the National League Cy Young Award, becoming the youngest pitcher to accomplish either of these feats since Dwight Gooden in 1985...
(born 1988), US baseball player - Devon KershawDevon KershawDevon Kershaw is a Canadian cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. Growing up in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, he split his time between several sports before choosing to focus on his skiing career.-Early life and career:...
(born 1982), Canadian cross country skier - Doug KershawDoug KershawDoug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1949, Kershaw has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.- Early life :...
(born 1936), American fiddle player - Herbert KershawHerbert KershawHerbert Kershaw was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s who at representative level played rugby union for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield RFC, and at representative level played rugby league for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire,...
, English rugby league footballer - H. V. KershawH. V. KershawH. V. Kershaw, also known as Harry Kershaw, from Manchester was a British television scriptwriter and dramatist best known for his long association with the top rating soap opera, Coronation Street, a programme he continued to pen scripts for until the mid-1980s...
(1918–1992), British dramatist - Ian KershawIan KershawSir Ian Kershaw is a British historian of 20th-century Germany whose work has chiefly focused on the period of the Third Reich...
(born 1943), British historian - Jack KershawJack KershawJack Kershaw was an English soccer center forward who began his career in England and ended it in the United States. He was born in Lancashire, England...
(1913-2010), American attorney - Joseph B. KershawJoseph B. KershawJoseph Brevard Kershaw was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
(1822–1894), US general - L.R. Kershaw (1880-1969), pioneer Oklahoma settler, developer, banker and cattleman
- Les KershawLes KershawLes Kershaw is the former chief scout and Academy Director for Manchester United.Kershaw studied at Manchester Metropolitan University before being recruited by United manager Alex Ferguson...
, chief scout and academy director for Manchester United - Liz KershawLiz KershawLiz Kershaw is a UK radio broadcaster.-Early career:The elder sister of fellow broadcaster and world music exponent Andy Kershaw, she began her career as a pop journalist for the Yorkshire Post before joining Leeds station Radio Aire, where her brother also worked for a time.While in Leeds, she...
(born 1960), UK music broadcaster - Nellie KershawNellie KershawNellie Kershaw was an English textile worker from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Her death due to pulmonary asbestosis was the first such case to be described in medical literature, and the first published account of disease attributed to occupational asbestos exposure...
(1891-1924), UK textile worker and the first asbestos victim - Nik KershawNik KershawNik Kershaw is an English singer-songwriter. The one time jazz-funk guitarist was a mid-1980s teen idol. His 50 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists...
(born 1958), UK singer-songwriter - Richard KershawRichard KershawRichard Kershaw is a retired United Kingdom television reporter and interviewer, perhaps best known for his contributions to the BBC current affairs and magazine programme Nationwide in the 1970s and as a reporter on Panorama....
(born 1934), UK television reporter - Sammy KershawSammy KershawSamuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw is an American country music artist. A third cousin of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw and ex-husband of Lorrie Morgan, he has been active in country music since 1991. He has released ten studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications...
(born 1958), singer and songwriter, a relative of the Cajun fiddler, Doug Kershaw