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.

Bell Ho, Bell House Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bellehus, Bellehouse 1307 WCR
  • Bellehouses 1309 ib
  • Bellhowsemo(o)re 1612 FF 1634 FGr
  • Bellhouse 1656,1770 PRHept

Etymology

Bell Ho, Bell House Moor, Bellehus , Bellehouse 1307 WCR (p), Bellehouses 1309 ib (p), Bellhowsemo (o )re 1612 FF, 1634FGr 2, Bellhouse 1656, 1770 PRHept. 'House with a belfry', v. bell-hūs, mōr , cf. Bellhouses i, 214supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name