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Survey of English Place-Names

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Making Place

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Mecking Place 1624 HAS
  • Meakin Place 1695 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1775 Watson 304 , Mecking Place 1624 HAS 3,Meakin Place 1695 ib 16, 11, 1709 WMB , from the surname Meakin or Makin ( a diminutive of May ) , place ' plot of ground, residence ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement