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Ovenden Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Ovenden Broke 1426 1462,1492 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1728 HAS 34,179 , Ovenden Broke 1426 ib 4, 226, 1462, 1492MinAcct , v. brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name