Etymology

Savile Town

Today it means: A suburb of Dewsbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2420). Full definition →

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The story

Named for Thomas Savile, who once owned the townships of Dewsbury and Thornhill.

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