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Survey of English Place-Names

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Back o ' th ' Edge

Field in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • 1844 TA
  • the backside of Taxall Edge 1611 LRMB 1620 Surv

Etymology

Back o' th'Edge(the backside of Taxall Edge 1611, 1620, cf. Taxal Edge supra)