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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Sparable Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, dial . spar (r )able ' a small headless nail used in soling shoes ' ; the significance in the p.n. is obscure , but cf. the f.n. Spikyng ii , 29 supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name