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Survey of English Place-Names

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  1. Old Harry Lane (Other OS name, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire)

  2. Old Harry's Wife (Other OS name, Studland, Dorset)

    , a sea - stack next to prec. , collapsed 1896 ; besides his ' wife ' , other rocks were known as his ' daughter ' and his ' haystack ' ( Robinson 155 )