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Height, Upper Height

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Height, the Maud House or Height 1743 MDLds

Etymology

, 1757 PRHtsd , 1797Surv , Height ,the Maud House or Height 1743MDLds 2 , v. hēhðu ' a height ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name