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Survey of English Place-Names

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Naze End, Naze Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Naze Brink, Field & Holme, Nasebothom 1782 Stansf

Etymology

, the Naze Brink , Field & Holme , Nasebothom 1782 Stansf , from OE  nasu ' nose ' used here , as in other local p. ns . , Knotts Naze 183 , Naze 184 , Dod nase 190 supra , Nese End ( v. foll ) , Hard Nese 264infra , etc . , of ' a projecting piece of high ground ' , v. brinke , holmr , botm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement