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Survey of English Place-Names

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Batty's Fold

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Battye farme 1709 WMB
  • Batty Fold 1817 M

Etymology

, Battye farme 1709 WMB, Batty Fold 1817 M , named from Samml Batty who had closes here 1709 WMB 85 ; the same surname is found in Battye Ford 198infra ; v. fald .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site