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Survey of English Place-Names

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Warm Withens

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, 1775 Watson 49 , v. wearm ' warm ' , perhaps in the sense ' sheltered ' , wīðign ' willow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name