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.

Tinsel

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Tincell 1766 HAS

Etymology

, 1862ValS , Tincell 1766 HAS 39, 228 , ' a cottage called Fincell ' ( sic ) 1766 ib 61 , probably the obsolete tinsel ' brushwood for hedging ' ( NED s.v . ) .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement