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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ripponden Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wood 1643 PREll 1759 HAS

Etymology

, 1823Soyl 38 , Wood 1643PREll, 1759 HAS 17, 28 , cf. also Soyland-wode 1624 Greave , v. wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name