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Survey of English Place-Names

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Child o' th' Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Child of the Hedge 1851 TA

Etymology

, Child of the Hedge 1851TA , the name of a smaller hill standing out of the ridge of Wolfstones Height ; hence child is here used like calf ( as in Cow and Calf Rocks ( Ilkley ) pt . iv infra ) , v. ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name