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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fallhey

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • the falehey 1620 Surv

Etymology

, the falehey 1620Surv , cf. del Falle 1380Eyre (p) , ' the tree-felling enclosure ' , v. (ge)fall , (ge)hæg .