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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sterne Bridge, Sterne Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sterne corn and fullingmill 1775 Watson

Etymology

, Sterne corn and fullingmill 1775 Watson 69 , named from the family of Sterne who owned Binn Royd in Norland in 1712 , when Richard Sterne ( son of Simon Sterne of Skircoat and uncle of the novelist ) acquired it ( cf. HAS 13,183 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement