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Roebucks

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • tenement' voc' Roebucks 1699 WCR3
  • Ro(o)bucks 1624 Greave 1642 WillY

Etymology

, 1553, 1583 HAS 14, 226 , tenement ' voc ' Roebucks 1699WCR 3,Ro (o )bucks 1624 Greave, 1642 WillY , a pseudo - manorial p.n. from the surname Roebuck .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name