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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hoyle 1758 TaxS
  • Hole 1839 ValS

Etymology

, Hoyle 1758 TaxS,Hole 1839ValS , cf. Hoylehedde 1499WCR 4 , Holebankes 1600 ib 4d , v. hol 1 ' a hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name