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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wood Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Wod(e)layne, Wod(e)loyne 1492 MinAcct
  • Woodlane 1624 Greave 1638 FGr 1661 HAS
  • Wod(e) Laine 1709 WMB
  • le Wood 1699 WCR2

Etymology

, Wod (e )layne , Wod (e )loyne 1492MinAcct , Woodlane 1624 Greave, 1638FGr 2, 1661 HAS 8, 91,Wod (e ) Laine 1709 WMB, named from le Wood 1699WCR 2 , v. wudu , lane .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name