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Survey of English Place-Names

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South Nab

Other OS name in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • (the) South Nabb 1695,1753 Hntii,360–1

Etymology

, (the ) South Nabb 1695, 1753 Hnt ii, 360–1 , v. sūð , nabbi ' a projecting peak, knoll ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name