English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Wrigley

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wryglegh 1379 PT

Etymology

, 1696 YDr , Wryglegh 1379 PT (p) , the first el . is uncertain but could be a Scandinavianised form of OE  wrēo ' twisting ' ( or a pers. n. from it ) , v. lēah .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement