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Dean Hey

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Dean(e) Hey 1624 Greave 1709 WMB
  • Dain Hey 1758 TaxS

Etymology

, Dean (e ) Hey 1624 Greave, 1709 WMB,Dain Hey 1758 TaxS , ' valley enclosure ' , v. denu , (ge)hæg ; on the form Dain in this and prec. v. Phonol. § 11 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name