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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wilkes 's Hay

Field in the Parish of Church Broughton

Historical Forms

  • 1847 TA
  • Wilkey 1690 AddCh
  • Wilk-hay 1692 Terrier

Etymology

Wilkes's Hay(Wilkey 1690, Wilk-hay 1692,'Wilk's enclosure', v.(ge)hæg)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement