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.

Oldfields

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Holdefeld 1379 PT
  • High Oldfield 1709 WMB 1742 Stansf

Etymology

, Holdefeld 1379 PT (p), possibly identical with High Oldfield 1709 WMB, 1742 Stansf , but difficult to distinguish from Oldfield 139infra , as Luddenden Foot township was originally part of Warley , v. ald , feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name