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Smalley Bight

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Smalley 1323 MinAcct 1608 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Smalley 1323MinAcct 45, 1608 ib, 1841 O.S. , ' narrow clearing ' , v. smæl , lēah ; Bight is OE  byht ' bend in a river ' ( here the Calder , as in Welbeck supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site