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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crow Nest

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Over Crowe Nest 1592 HAS

Etymology

, 1679 Watson 384 , 1714WYEnr 87 , Over Crowe Nest 1592 HAS 8, 281 , v. crāwe , nest , cf. Crow Nest ii, 186supra ; this place occupies a prominent position on the upper slopes of a hill .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement