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Survey of English Place-Names

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Height

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • (the) Height 1628 HAS 1657 PREll 1689 Stansf

Etymology

, (the ) Height 1628HAS 32, 189, 1657 PREll, 1689 Stansf , v. hēhðu ' height, hill-top ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name