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Survey of English Place-Names

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Flat Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Flat(t)head(e) 1624 Greave 1683 HAS 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Flat (t )head (e )1624 Greave, 1683HAS 18, 174, 1709 WMB , cf. also Flatt 1709 ib , v. flat ' a level pieceof ground ' , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name