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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gauxholme (La)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Gawkeholme 1521 La

Etymology

, 1783Tod , Gawkeholme 1521 La 58 , ' Gauk's water-meadow ' from the ON  pers.n. Gaukr , holmr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name