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Survey of English Place-Names

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White Windows

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • White Windows als. Hasslehirst 1770 HAS

Etymology

, 1709 WMB , 1741 Stansf , 1750 TaxS , White Windows als. Hasslehirst 1770 HAS 36, 62 ; the present house dates from 1767 (HAS 6, 111) ; for Hasslehirst cf. Hazelhurst in Sowerby Bridge 142supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name