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Sod, Sod Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sod(d) 1750 TaxS 1839 ValS
  • Sod Heap 1839 ib

Etymology

, Sod (d )1750 TaxS, 1839ValS , Sod Heap 1839 ib , e.ModE  sodde ' a sod, a turf ' , dial . sod also used of ' turf ground, peat ' , cf. also dial . sod-heap ' a heap of sods laid together for burning ' ; it would seem to be used here of a place where some such fuel was obtained ; cf . The Sod 207infra , also on the moors .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement