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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pether Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Pederyll 1546 YDi
  • Pedrill 1583 PREll
  • Pedrhill 1645 ib
  • Walter' peddere 1246 Ass41d

Etymology

, Pederyll 1546 YD i, Pedrill 1583 PREll, Pedrhill 1645ib, from ME peddere 'a pedlar', perhaps as a byname as in Walter 'peddere 1246Ass 41d , v. hyll . Radcliffe Delph , named from the local Ratcliff family ( 17, 18 PREll freq ) , v. (ge)delf ' quarry ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name