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The proud and noble English surname of Openshaw derives from the place named Openshaw, near Manchester, which means "a grove of small trees not surrounded by a hedge"- and is first found in the early records of Lancashire, where they had held a family seat as Lords of the Manor in 1559 A.D.

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