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Slate Delfs Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Slate Delves 1839 ValS
  • Slaite Delfs 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Slate Delves 1839ValS , Slaite Delfs 1843 O.S. , ' slate quarries ' , v. slate , (ge)delf , cf. Skate - Delves , Slate - Delves f.n. 157 supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name