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Survey of English Place-Names

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Swithens Land

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Swithen-Bank, Swithen Lands 1839 ValS

Etymology

, Swithen -Bank , Swithen Lands 1839ValS , v. sviðinn ' land cleared by burning ' ; this is between the village and Field Ho supra and was part of the feld or common field of Sowerby .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name