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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ive Delfs

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Yvedelf 1525 WCR1d
  • Yvedelffels (sic) 1575 PRHfx
  • Yve Delfes 1709 WMB
  • Ivie Delves 1624 Greave

Etymology

( lost ) , Yvedelf 1525WCR 1d, Yvedelffels (sic)1575 PRHfx,Yve Delfes 1709 WMB, Ivie Delves 1624 Greave , probably ' quarrieswhere ivy grew ' , v. īfig , (ge)delf , cf. foll.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name