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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hove Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Huff Edge 1783 Ct

Etymology

, 1680 Arm , 1711 HAS 33, 180 , Huff Edge 1783 Ct , ' edge or scarp where hove ( ale - hoof or ground - ivy ) grew ' , v. hōfe , ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name