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Healey Croft

Other OS name in the Parish of East and West Ardsley

Historical Forms

  • Hilycroft, Hilicroft Ed1 BM 1348 YDi
  • leʒ Helay 1462 YDi

Etymology

, Hilycroft , Hilicroft Ed 1 BM, 1348 YD i (possibly identical withor influenced by leʒ Helay 1462 YD i ) , ' hilly croft ' , v. hyll , - ig , croft .