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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cold Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Coldedge 1566 PRHfx 1709 WMB
  • the Could edge 1624 Greave

Etymology

, Coldedge 1566 PRHfx, 1709 WMB, the Could edge 1624 Greave , ' the cold, exposed escarpment ' , v. cald , ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name