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.
Survey of English place-names
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West Riding of Yorkshire
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Strafforth Wapentake
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Upper Strafforth Division
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Mexborough
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Denaby
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Hanging Wood
Hanging Wood
Other OS name in the Parish of Mexborough
Etymology
, 1841
TA
, v.
hangende
' steep ' ,
wudu
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Denaby Rage
Other OS name
Denaby Common
Denaby Wood
Fox Well
The Green
Top Fold
Peas Hill
Major Settlement
Denaby