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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.

Eaves Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • Bradforth eaues, Bradforth Eaves 1619,1622 ib

Etymology

Eaves Hall, 1722 PRWd, named from Bradforth eaues , Bradforth Eaves 1619, 1622 ib. v. efes 'edge of a wood', no doubt, as in the case of Bashall Eaves 192supra , referring to the edge of Bowland Forest.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site