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Survey of English Place-Names

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New Bent, Old Bent

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bent 1624 Greave 1709 WMB
  • New Bent 1839 ValS

Etymology

, Bent 1624 Greave, 1709 WMB, New Bent 1839ValS , v. beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement