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Flail Croft (La)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Frailcroft 1646 WillY

Etymology

, 1783 Tod , Frailcroft 1646 WillY , possibly ME  freile ( OFr  fraile ) ' fragile, weak ' used as a nickname , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name