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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lane Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Lainehead 1593 WillY

Etymology

, Lainehead 1593 WillY , Lanehead in Brig . 1641 PREll , cf. also Ye Lane 1697 HAS 38, 290 , Lane End (s )1768 Ct, 1773 Arm , v. lane , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name