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Survey of English Place-Names

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Styes (Lane)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Styes 1492 MinAcct 1624 Greave
  • le Sties 1492 MinAcct

Etymology

, Styes 1492MinAcct , 1624 Greave, le Sties 1492MinAcct , v. stīg ' a steep path ' ; there are here two steep lanes going down to the R . Calder .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement