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Survey of English Place-Names

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Halforth

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Hawforth 1815 EnclA 1823 M

Etymology

, 1857OS , Hawforth 1815EnclA , 1823 M , probably ' ford in the nookof land ' , v. halh , ford ; it refers to a piece of marshland in a loop of the R. Kent .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site