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Sowerby Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sourby Street 1686 SbCA
  • Street(e) 1624 Greave 1676 HAS

Etymology

, 1655 HAS 18 , 17, 1741 Stansf , Sourby Street 1686 SbCA, Street (e )1624 Greave, 1676 HAS 18, 173 , v. strǣt ' a paved way ' ; this was the former main road from Halifax to Lancashire before the turnpike was made in the valley bottom in the eighteenth century .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

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