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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woofa Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Woful Bank 1846 TA

Etymology

, 1720PRKld , Woful Bank 1846TA , an ancient encampment .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name