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Grindlestone Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Grindlestone banck 1536 Rent
  • Grindlestone banke 1584 WillY 1609 FGr
  • Grindstone Bank 1817 M

Etymology

, 1699 HAS 49 , 7, 1771 Stansf , Grindlestone banck 1536 Rent, Grindlestone banke 1584 WillY, 1609FGr 42, Grindstone Bank 1817 M , ME  grindelstane ' a grindstone ' , banke , alluding to a bank where such were obtained ; millstones were obtained here as early as 1367 (HAS 38, 57) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name