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Survey of English Place-Names

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North Clough Head, South Clough Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Cloughead 1579 WillY
  • Clough-heade 1624 Greave
  • North Clough Head(s), South Clough Head(s) 1765,1775 HAS
  • (the) Clough 1584 FGr 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Cloughead 1579 WillY, Clough-heade 1624 Greave, North Clough Head (s ), South Clough Head (s )1765, 1775 HAS 15, 265, 315, named from (the )Clough 1584FGr 8, 1709 WMB , v. clōh ' a dell ' , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement