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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hanging Royd Shrogg

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Hyngandrode 1481 PrHosp

Etymology

, Hyngandrode 1481 PrHosp , v. hengjandi ' steep ' , rod 1 ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site