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Pinder Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Methley

Historical Forms

  • Pindergrene 1541,1628 MethMR
  • Pinderplace 1592,1600 Meth
  • Pindarplace in Thorpe quondam Pinders 1615 Meth

Etymology

, 1817 M , Pindergrene 1541, 1628 MethMR, alsoPinderplace 1592, 1600 Meth, Pindarplace in Thorpe quondam Pinders 1615 Meth 81 , ME  pyndere ( cf. pundere ) ' pinder ' , used as a surname , v. grēne 2 , place ; cf. Thorpe 127supra .