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Micklethwaite(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Cawthorne

Historical Forms

  • Micklethwaite or The Bank 1828 Hntii,234
  • Micklethwaith within Cawthorne 1650 ib
  • Micklethwayt vulgo Bancke 1666 Visit

Etymology

( lost ) , 1623TN (F ) 7 , 1648 WillY , (Micklethwaite or The Bank ) 1828 Hnt ii, 234, Micklethwaith within Cawthorne 1650 ib,Micklethwayt vulgo Bancke 1666 Visit , the older name of Banks Hall supra ; ' great clearing ' , v. mikill , þveit , cf. Micklethwaite pt . iv infra .