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.

Balm

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Bone 1771 M
  • Boan, Boam 1876 Sav

Etymology

, Bone 1771 M, Boan , Boam 1876Sav , possibly of the same origin as Balne ii, 14supra , or OFr  baume ' hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name