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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cock Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Cock Pitt 1797 Surv

Etymology

, Cock Pitt 1797Surv , v. cocc 2 ' fighting-cock ' , pytt ; cockfighting was a sport much practised in Y .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name