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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitty Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Witty-lane 1744 HAS

Etymology

, Witty-lane 1744 HAS 15, 62 , from the local surname Whitty ( cf. Henry Witie , John Whittie of Halifax 1592 PRHfx 345–6 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement