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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hareshaw Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Har(e)shaye 1571,1578 Ct

Etymology

, 1744 HAS 39, 60 , Har (e )shaye 1571, 1578 Ct , ' hare copse ' , v. hara , sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name