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Walkinshaw is a surname of Scottish origin. The surname is a habitational name derived from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire. The name probably originates from the Old English wealcere "fuller" + sceaga "copse". [1]

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  1. "Walkinshaw Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com . Retrieved January 17, 2009.