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Survey of English Place-Names

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Barewise

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bearwise 1707 HAS

Etymology

, Bearwise 1707 HAS 7, 226 , possibly ' bare willows ' , v. bær 1 , wīðig ( which often becomes wise in plur . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name