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Catharine Slack

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Catherin(e) Flack (sic) 1709 WMB
  • Catherin(e) Slack 1817 M
  • the Katherine Coyte 1710 WRD
  • Catherine-House 1822 Langd

Etymology

, Catherin (e )Flack (sic)1709 WMB, Catherin (e ) Slack 1817 M , cf. also the older p.n. Catherin Coate 1674 HAS 29, 216 , the Katherine Coyte 1710WRD 1127, alsoCatherine -House 1822 Langd , from the fem . pers. n. Catherine , v. cot ' cottage ' , slakki ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement