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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pighill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Pygyll-lane 1535 HAS
  • Pyghilstrete 1552 ib
  • Pigill strete 1577 PRHfx
  • Pykell street 1573 HAS
  • Pickell Street 1590 WillY
  • Pickehill streete 1624 Greave

Etymology

( lost ) , Pygyll-lane 1535 HAS6, 117, Pyghilstrete 1552 ib, Pigill strete 1577 PRHfx, Pykell street 1573HAS 36, 57, Pickell Street 1590 WillY, Pickehill streete 1624 Greave , v. pightel ' enclosure ' ; this was the old road from Quarry Hill to Sowerby ( also called Sowerby Street infra ) ; Croft Ho was formerly Pighill Ho .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement