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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rough Hey

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Rughey 1538 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1846ValS , Rughey 1538MinAcct , ' rough enclosure ' , v. rūh , (ge)hæg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name