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Pisser Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Pismyre Deyn 1720 FGr

Etymology

, Pismyre Deyn 1720FGr 5 , cf. Pisser Pasture 1830Sav , from ME  pissemyre ' an ant ' , v. clōh , denu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name