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Survey of English Place-Names

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Horse Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Horsewood(e) 1536,1558 Stansf 1647 PRHept
  • Horsewodde 1565 HAS

Etymology

, Horsewood (e )1536, 1558Stansf, 1647 PRHept, Horsewodde 1565 HAS 14, 161 , v. hors , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name