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Wilfrey Edge, Wilfrey Neild

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Etymology

, neild is perhaps dial . neeld , a common variant of needle , and it might describe a narrow strip of ground between two streams or refer to some rock .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name