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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cock Walk Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • Cock Walk 1742 PRHtsd 1760 Arm

Etymology

, Cock Walk 1742 PRHtsd, 1760 Arm , dial . cock-walk ' aplace where fighting cocks were kept and trained ' .