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Spittle Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Etymology

, v. spitel ' hospital ' , rod 1 ; the Hospital of St . John had property here ( cf. PrHosp ) and made a gift of land to John Wood in 1528WB iv, 74 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name