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Owler Greave Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Oily Greave Common (sic) 1767 Fairb
  • Owler Greave 1854 TA

Etymology

, Oily Greave Common (sic)1767 Fairb, Owler Greave 1854TA , ' aldercopse ' , v. alor , grǣfe .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name