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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.

Hardibut Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hardy But Clough hole 1861 Sav

Etymology

, Hardy But Clough hole 1861Sav , named from a local family of Hardy (e ) once common in the district ( 17 PRHept freq ) ; for the name type cf. Handibut Hill (supra ) on the opposite side of Crimsworth Dean .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name