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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ovenden Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Ovendene Wode c.1300 YDi
  • Ovyndeyn Wodebroke 1474 HAS
  • Ovyndeyn Shagh 1483 ib

Etymology

, 1624 FF , 1636 WillY , 1665 Visit , Ovendene Wode c. 1300YD i, Ovyndeyn Wodebroke 1474 HAS 12, 114, Ovyndeyn Shagh 1483 ib 10, 82 , v. wudu , sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name