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Holly Platt

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • the Halyplat 1607 PR
  • (ye) Holyplat(t) 1617,1619,1661 ib

Etymology

, the Halyplat 1607 PR, (y e) Holyplat (t )1617, 1619, 1661 ib , v. hālig ' holy ' , plat 2 ' a plot of ground ' , so called because it belonged to the proctor of Ingleton .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement