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Peep Green Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • Peeplane-end 1782 PRHtsd
  • Peep 1787 ib
  • Peep-green 1789 ib

Etymology

, Peeplane-end 1782 PRHtsd, Peep 1787 ib, Peep-green 1789 ib , cf. Peep Close 1847TA , possibly dial . peep in the sense ' peep-hole,peeping place ' ; the lane is near the top of a high hill .