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Harts Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • Hartsole gate 1794 PRHtsd
  • Hartsole yeat 1796 ib
  • Hertshole Yeat 1802 ib

Etymology

, Hartsole gate 1794 PRHtsd, Hartsole yeat 1796 ib, Hertshole Yeat 1802ib , ' the hart's hollow ' , v. heorot , hol 1 , cf. Hartshead 6infra .