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Survey of English Place-Names

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Boy Bridge, Boy Mills

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Boy-brigge 1624 Greave
  • Boy Mill 1758 TaxS

Etymology

, Boy-brigge 1624 Greave, Boy Mill 1758 TaxS , cf. also Boy Bank , Holme & Scarr 1839ValS , v. boia ' boy, servant ' ( perhaps as a pers. n. or surname ) , brycg , holmr , sker .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement