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Turf Pit Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Turpit(t)hill 1624 Greave 1649 WYD

Etymology

, Turpit (t )hill 1624Greave, 1649 WYD , ' pit where turf was got ' , v. turf , pytt .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name