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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lepton Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • (the) Edge 1652 WB141 1771 M

Etymology

, (the ) Edge 1652WB 141, 1771 M , v. ecg , here ' asteep bank ' on the east side of the township .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name