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Bean Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Beane Hoile 1576 Stansf
  • Beanehead 1650 PRHept
  • Beanehoylhead 1719 Stansf

Etymology

, 1751 Rent , Beane Hoile 1576 Stansf,Beanehead 1650 PRHept, Beanehoylhead 1719 Stansf , ' hollow where beanswere grown ' , v. bēan , hol 1 , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name