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Survey of English Place-Names

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Staveley Cote

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Staveley 1817 M

Etymology

, Staveley 1817 M , probably the freq . p.n. Staveley ' clearing where staves were got ' , v. stæf , lēah , cf. Staveley pt . v infra , or a surname from it , and cot ' cottage ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement