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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sawood Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sowoodhous(e) 1689 Arm 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Sowoodhous (e )1689 Arm, 1709 WMB , probably of the same origin as Sowood ii, 189supra , ' south wood ' ( in contrast to Norwood ) , v. sūð , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement