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Survey of English Place-Names

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Raw Holme

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Raweholme 1579 HAS 1647 ib

Etymology

, 1609 Watson 728 , Raweholme 1579 HAS 4, 85, 1647 ib 18,13 , ' water - meadow by the row ( of houses , etc . ) ' , v. rāw , holmr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name