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Haigh Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • le Hagh hous 1498 ib
  • Hage, Haghe 16 PRHfx

Etymology

, 1740 HAS 15, 306 , le Hagh hous 1498 ib 36, 133, v. haga 'enclosure', hūs; in this p.n. and theprec. the first el. may be the common local surname Haigh (Hage ,Haghe 16et freq PRHfxpassim , also from haga ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name