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Purprise (Wood)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Purprice 1536 Rent 1553 WillY 1648 PRHept
  • Purprise Bent 1553 HfxWill

Etymology

, Purprice 1536Rent, 1553 WillY, 1648 PRHept, Purprise Bent 1553 HfxWill , v. pourpris ' an enclosure, a close ' , probably used here and in Powreprice i , 59 supra ( like the cognate law - term purpresture ) of an encroachment made on the common land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name