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Survey of English Place-Names

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Broad Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Broadloyne (Hey) 1589 c.1603 ib

Etymology

, Broadloyne (Hey )1589 Stansf, HAS 14, 164, c. 1603 ib 33, 30 , v. brād , lane ; on the dial . form Broadloyne cf. Phonol. § 28 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement