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Winter Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, 1647 WillY , 1696 YDr , 1709 WMB , cf. also 'lands called The Winters ' 1498 Watson 235 , (inclosure called )Wynters 1515 HAS 10, 249, 1530 ib 653 , possibly ' hill-side used inwinter ' , v. winter , ecg , but the first el . may be the surname Winter .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement