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Crow Nest Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Crownest 1624 Greave 1709 WMB
  • Crawnest 1659 PRHept

Etymology

, Crownest 1624 Greave,1709 WMB, Crawnest 1659 PRHept , v. crāwe , nest , cf. Crow Nestii, 186supra ; the name refers to a steep lofty wooded bank overlooking the R . Calder .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement