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Mor Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Marrhill (sic) 1709 WMB
  • Mur(r)hill 1758 TaxS 1839 ValS

Etymology

, Marrhill (sic)1709 WMB, Mur (r )hill 1758 TaxS, 1839ValS , hardly likely to be OE  mōr ' moor ' , but it could be dial . mar , more ' tree-stump, herbage ' , v. hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement