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Hunshelf

Major Settlement in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • Hunescelf 1086 DB
  • Huneselue 1190–1210 YChvii
  • Huneself 1227 BM
  • Hunschelf(e), Hunschelf(f) 13 ADi 1413 YDx 1431 Hall 1558 DodsN
  • Hunself 1333 YDi
  • Hunshelf 1369 YDi 1402 FA 1513 FF
  • Hundeschelf(f) 1365 YDi 1358 ADii 1379 PT
  • Howenchelf(e) 1440 Pat

Etymology

'Hūn's shelving terrain', v. scelf . The pers.n. is OE  Hūn (as in Hunslet iii, 220infra ). Hunshelf Hall is on the side of a ridge.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name