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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wild Boar Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Wilberclough 1709 WMB 1771 M

Etymology

, 1843 O.S. , Wilberclough 1709 WMB, 1771 M , cf. Wilber Lee 310infra , v. clōh ' dell ' ; the first el . may be ' wild boar ' as the modern form suggests .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site