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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stafford Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Stafforth hill 1688 WB178a
  • George Stafforthe 1596 WB73–4
  • Lionel Stafforth 1652 ib

Etymology

, 1771 M , Stafforth hill 1688WB 178a, named from a local family, George Stafforthe 1596WB 73–4, Lionel Stafforth 1652 ib 132 , cf. Stony Ford infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name