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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wicking Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Quickin(g) Hall 1624 Greave 1709 WMB
  • Whickinhall 1675 Soy

Etymology

, Quickin (g )Hall 1624 Greave, 1709 WMB, Whickinhall 1675 Soy , cf. Whickinfield 1655 HAS 15, 192 , v. cwicen ' mountain-ash ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name