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Whitacre Lodge(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Wythacris, Whithacres 13 YDvi
  • Whitacre 1292 MinAcct

Etymology

( lost ) , 1843O.S. , if not from the YW surname Whitaker , possibly identical with Wythacris , Whithacres 13 YD vi, Whitacre 1292MinAcct 26 , v. hwīt ' white ' , æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site