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Survey of English Place-Names

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Niffany Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Nivenawfeild 1685 WYD
  • Niphany 1770 PRSk

Etymology

, 1842TA , Nivenawfeild 1685 WYD, Niphany 1770 PRSk , perhaps a metathesised popular form of the Biblical Nineveh , which occurs as a late minor p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name