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.

Dewsbury

Parish in the County of West Riding of Yorkshire

Etymology

Of the two townships of this detached portion of Dewsbury parish in Morley Wapentake (v. ii, 184supra ), Clifton is now in Brighouse Municipal Borough (v. Halifax parish 34infra ) and Hartshead in Spenborough Urban District (v. Birstall parish 8infra ).

Major Settlements