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Survey of English Place-Names

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Warley Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Edge 1624 Greave
  • The Edge 1709 WMB

Etymology

, 1718FGr 24 , Edge 1624 Greave, The Edge 1709 WMB , v. ecg ' escarpment ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name