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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shake Holes

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Etymology

, dial . shake-hole ' a soft boggyspot on a moor, a disused shaft ' , the latter being the sense here .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site