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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brockholes

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Brockehooles 1598 FGr
  • Brockhoyles 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1575 PRHfx , 1797Surv , Brockehooles 1598FGr 15, Brockhoyles 1709 WMB , ' badger-holes ' , v. brocc-hol .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name