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Pigman Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, cf. Pigman Closes , Pigman ynge 1629YAS 99 , Pigman field 1723 HAS 17, 218 , probably the modern word pigman ' aswineherd ' ( perhaps used as a surname ) , found also in Pigman Croft f.n. i , 110 supra ; v. eng ' meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name