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Pie Flat, Pye Greave

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Pygress (sic) 1567 WillY
  • Pye Grave 1771 M

Etymology

, Pygress (sic)1567 WillY, Pye Grave 1771 M , v. pie 2 ' magpie ' , flat , grǣfe ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site