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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spen

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Spen field 1844 TA

Etymology

, Spen field 1844TA , v. spenne and Spen iii, 21supra ; the sense is here obscure , but the field is less steep than the lower and upper de - clivities between which it lies .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site