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Survey of English Place-Names

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Runley Beck & Runley Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Rennelith 13 Percy
  • Ranley House 1817 M

Etymology

, 1812Lord , 1845TA , Rennelith 13 Percy,Ranley House 1817M , v. hlið ' slope ' ; the first el . may possibly be OE renn ' house ' ( v. ærn ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name