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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pike Low

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Pikelaw(e), Pykelaw(e) 1525 WCR5d 1709 WMB 1758 TaxS
  • Pikeslake 1525 WCR
  • Pickelaw 1624 Greave

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , Pikelaw (e ), Pykelaw (e )1525WCR 5d, 1709WMB, 1758 TaxS, Pikeslake 1525WCR id , Pickelaw 1624 Greave , ' pointed hill ' , v. pīc 1 , hlāw , probably alluding to the hill now called Little Crow Hill in Sowerby 146supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement