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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sweet Oak

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sweteoke 1481,1517 HAS
  • Sweoke (sic) 1492 MinAcct
  • Sweete Ocke 1624 Greave
  • Sweeteokes 1632 Stansf
  • Sweattoack 1689 SbCA
  • Sweet Oake 1709 WMB

Etymology

Sweet Oak, Sweteoke 1481, 1517 HAS 7, 140, Sweoke (sic)1492MinAcct , Sweete Ocke 1624 Greave, Sweeteokes 1632 Stansf, Sweattoack 1689 SbCA, Sweet Oake 1709 WMB. 'Pleasant oak-tree', v. swēte , āc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name