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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wolf's Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Abney

Historical Forms

  • Woolfe pit 1319(16th),1736 DbAxxix

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Woolfe pit 1319 (16th),1736 DbA xxix , v. wulf , pytt .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement