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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kilnshaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Killingsley (sic for Killingshey), Kenalshawe 1621 HAS

Etymology

, Killingsley (sic for Killingshey ), Kenalshawe 1621 HAS 18,27–8 , probably ME  kenel ' kennel ' , sceaga ' copse ' , perhaps an allusion to the place where hunting dogs were kept for use in ErringdenPark (supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name