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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pickle

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Pighell 1677 WB76a
  • the Pighill brow 1744 ib

Etymology

, 1849TA , Pighell 1677WB 76a, the Pighill brow 1744 ib 77 , v. pightel ' enclosure ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name