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Survey of English Place-Names

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Greave (Head)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Grave (Head) 1771 M
  • Goodgreave 1536 Rent 1624 Greave

Etymology

, Grave (Head )1771 M, possibly identical with Goodgreave 1536 Rent, 1624Greave , of similar origin to Good Greave 73 infra , from which it cannot easily be separated ; cf. also Greave 204infra , v. grǣfe ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name