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Survey of English Place-Names

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Healey Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Heleyes 1275 WCR
  • Heyley 1307,1308 ib
  • Eleys, Eleis 12,e.13 Font 1349 Ch
  • Elayclyf 13 Font

Etymology

Healey Wood, Heleyes 1275 WCR (p), Heyley 1307, 1308 ib (p), possibly identical with Eleys , Eleis 12, e. 13 Font, 1349 Ch, Elayclyf 13 Font, though this might be in Elland. 'High clearing', v. hēah , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name