English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

the North Ld

Field in the Parish of Waithe

Historical Forms

  • Norland gare c.1650 Terrier
  • Norlands 1725 Haigh 1723 Haigh
  • the Northlandes 1687 Haigh

Etymology

theNorth Ld(Norland gare c.1650, Norlands 1725(v. geiri'agore'), the Northlandes 1687, Norlands 1723, v. norð, land)