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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Naze (La)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Naze Brink & Holme 1782 Stansf

Etymology

, the Naze Brink & Holme 1782 Stansf , from OE  nasu ' nose ' used topographically of a projecting hill - side , as in Knotts Naze supra , Naze End 206infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name