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Survey of English Place-Names

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Old Causeway

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Cawsey 1609,1624 HAS

Etymology

, Cawsey 1609,1624 HAS 36, 71–2 , cf. Causey Holme 1735 Turnp , v. caucie ' acauseway ' , probably the road now called Back Wharf St leading to Skircoat ( cf. HAS 36, 69 ff ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name