Last Name KILSHAW

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Meaning	Local: Of Culcheth, a township in the parish of Winwich, county Lancashire. The Culcheths of Burscough spelt their name variously as Culcheth, Culshaw, and Kilshaw. The place is called Kilsha by the common people. Local: Of Kelsall, a township in the parish of Tarvin, county Chester. The Lancashire Kelseys must be referred to Kelsall in Cheshire. The name could be also spelt Kilshaw. Local: A corruption of Culcheth.

Origin	English, Irish, Zimbabwean

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