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Ray, I always thought that 'Shaw' was Olde English, meaning 'Woods' or 'Copse'. As in 'Shaw' (near Oldham).
A few other people think that too, ie: them men who write the Oxford Dictionary!
They also reckon a 'Stub Shaw' was the remainder of a woods after it had been cleared for agricultural purposes.

But what do they know. Anybody would think they'd seen it written in old records. Silly Buggers.