The longshore Surname
longshore Name Meaning and History
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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