Släkthistoria för Mothershaw
Mothershaw Vad efternamn betyder
from Moddershall in Stone (Staffs) which is recorded as Modredeshale in 1086 Modreshalle in 1305 and Mothersall in 155 The place-name derives from the Old English personal name Mōdrēd (genitive Mōdrēdes) + halh ‘nook corner of land’. Pronunciation of -shall as -shaw is a common variation. The name sometimes developed to or was confused with Mottershead (compare the bearers of both names in Audley and Leek Staffs). see Mottershaw Mottershead.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
