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Hagg Dike & Hagg Leys, Lower Hagg, New Hagg & Upper Hagg, Hagg Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Netherhog (sic) 1546 WillY
  • Hagge 1569 ib
  • Nether, Over hag 1771 M
  • New Hagg, Hagg Wood 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Netherhog (sic)1546 WillY, Hagge 1569 ib, Nether , Over hag 1771 M,New Hagg , Hagg Wood 1843 O.S. , v. hǫgg ' clearing ' , cf. dial . hagg ' awooded enclosure, a copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name