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Boggard Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bogerd House 1623 HAS
  • Boggard House 1655 ib
  • Boggard House als. Ellen Royde 1710 ib

Etymology

( lost , now Ellen Royd infra ) , Bogerd House 1623 HAS 28, 119–121, Boggard House 1655 ib, Boggard House als. Ellen Royde 1710 ib , from e.ModE  boggard ' a goblin, a spectre ' in allusion to a haunted house .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name