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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lowtown

Other OS name in the Parish of Calverley

Historical Forms

  • (the) Nethertowne(greene) 1661 YAS
  • ye lowtown 1693 BfdAntqi,131

Etymology

, 1817 M , (the ) Nethertowne (greene )1661YAS 130, ye lowtown 1693 BfdAntq i, 131 , cf. also Upper Pudsey , Overtownes lane 1650WYD , High , Low Pudsey 1822 Langd , v. Chapeltown supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement