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.

Littlehays

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderwasley

Historical Forms

  • Lytulhay 1345 DuLa
  • Little hay 1629 Dep

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Lytulhay 1345DuLa , Little hay 1629Dep , ' little enclosure ' , v. lȳtel , (ge)hæg .