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Tenter Hill, Tenter Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Tentercroft 1649 HAS
  • Tenter Croft & Hill 1842 ValS

Etymology

, Tentercroft 1649 HAS 14, 146, Tenter Croft & Hill 1842ValS , ME  tentour ' a tenter ' , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name