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.

Oaks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • del Okes 1316 WCR
  • (le) Okes 1590 WillY 1622 HAS 1666 ib
  • Lower Okes 1657 ib
  • Over Okes 1719 ib
  • Oakes 1648 WillY

Etymology

Oaks (lost), del Okes 1316 WCR (p), (le ) Okes 1590 WillY, 1622 HAS 15, 216, 1666 ib 34, 119, Lower Okes 1657 ib 118, Over Okes 1719 ib 120, Oakes 1648 WillY, v. āc 'oaktree'. Over Oaks became the site of the original Rishworth School at Goat Ho under the Wheelwright foundation; Lower Oaks was at Slithero (cf. HAS 52, 79).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement