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Height (Wood)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Heyght 1596 FGr
  • (the) Height 1621 HAS 1660 PRHept

Etymology

, Heyght 1596FGr 2, (the ) Height 1621 HAS18, 27, 1660 PRHept , v. hēhðu ' high place ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name