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Thurish, Thurish Dike, Thurish Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Thurish 1582 HAS 1669 ib
  • Thurrish 1674 ib
  • Thurrish Lane 1760 Wad

Etymology

, Thurish (a close) 1582HAS 4, 82, 1669 ib 27, 155, Thurrish 1674 ib 156, Thurrish Lane 1760 Wad107 , obscure , but the second el . may be risc ' rush ' , used of ' a rushbed ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement