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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bakestone Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Backstone Clough Head 1778 Wads

Etymology

, Backstone Clough Head 1778 Wads 40 , ' dellwhere baking-stones were got ' , v. bæc-stān , clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name