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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coal Pit Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Colputtes 1442 Comp
  • The Coale Pitts Close 1699 SheffMan
  • Coalpit Lane 1747 SheffD
  • Cowpit Lane 1767 Fairb

Etymology

, Colputtes 1442 Comp, The Coale Pitts Close 1699 SheffMan, Coalpit Lane 1747 SheffD, Cowpit Lane 1767 Fairb , v. col 1 , pytt , lane .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement