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Sun Longley

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , v. prec. ; usually Sun denotes a place with a sunny , that is southern , aspect , and here it may be that this farm is in a sunnier position than Longley ( cf. Sun Woodhouse ii, 299supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name