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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bill o' Jacks

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Bills o' Jacks 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Bills o ' Jacks 1843 O.S. , an older and common form of patronymic in YW ; a gravestone in the churchyard commemorates Bill o ' Jacks an ' Tom o ' Bill 's , i.e. William Bradbury and Thomas his son , both horribly murdered April 2 , 1832 (SadD ii, 564) . Binn Green .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement