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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rough Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • (the) Roughe Head(e) 1545 WillY 1546 Stansf 1650 FGr 1653 PRHept
  • Roughead 1681 YAS

Etymology

, (the ) Roughe Head (e )1545 WillY, 1546 Stansf, 1650FGr 2et freq to 1653 PRHept, Roughead 1681YAS 99 , v. rūh , hēafod ' headland ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name