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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bride Stones

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Bridstones 1491 Watson

Etymology

Bride Stones, 1775 Watson 23, 1817 M, the Bridstones 1491 Watson 24. Watson 23 describes this as 'one upright stone pillar, called the Bride' and near it was 'another large stone called the Groom'. The name is from brȳd 'a bride' and stān , and is a figurative p.n., cf. Lad Stone 54supra , and v. HAS 19, 65 ff.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement