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Pits Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Coal Pits Clough 1841 O.S.
  • Colepits, Colepytes 1606,1616 ib

Etymology

, Coal Pits Clough 1841 O.S. , cf also Pytroid 1529YD vi , Pitt Royds 1653Bretton 75, 1740 PRThl , the Pitt row 1720WYEnr 173 , named from the Colepits , Colepytes 1606,1616 ib , v. col 1 , pytt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement