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Ushaw

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Country: England

Grid ref: NZ2197443788

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Recorded by: Tim Hills

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Notes: According to the Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) the name Ushaw is derived from the abundance of yew-trees that formerly grew in the district. A correspondent in Notes and Queries of August 25th 1855 wrote that 'one fine old yew tree, though now much injured, still stands upon the spot' and 'Two houses now remain of the former hamlet, so that the picturesque old yew-tree hard by, the last of his venerable race, is once more left in undisturbed possession of the soil, so far as the village is concerned; but the name is preserved in the fine Catholic collegiate institution of St.Cuthbert adjoining, and will probably receive from it an historic interest, which the hardy northern woodman to whom it was first known as the Ushe-shaw, little dreamed would ever attach to it.'