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Battye Ford

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Historical Forms

  • ye Batty-ford 1706 PRMrf
  • Battie fore 1732 YDr

Etymology

, y e Batty-ford 1706 PRMrf, Battie fore ('which is verydangerous') 1732 YDr , cf. John Battee and other members of the family in the parish ( 1605 PRMrf 64, etc. , cf. Batty's Fold 154supra ) , v. ford ( across the Calder ) .