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New Heath Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • New Worthe Head 1584 HAS
  • Newe-earth Head 1589 ib
  • Neworthhead Slacks 1682 ib

Etymology

, 1862ValS , New Worthe Head 1584 HAS 39, 232,Newe-earth Head 1589 ib 215, Neworthhead Slacks 1682 ib 219 , v. nīwe , eorðe , hēafod , probably alluding to land recovered from waste moor ; v. also slakki ' hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name