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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.

Pinfold (Green)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • le Pynfold, Pynefald de Soureby 1492 MinAcct
  • Pinfold 1624 Greave
  • the Pinfold 1709 WMB

Etymology

, le Pynfold , Pynefald de Soureby 1492MinAcct , Pinfold 1624 Greave,the Pinfold 1709 WMB , v. pynd-fald ' a pinfold ' ; in 1657 SbCA 6 s. 6 d. was paid ' for walling the pinfold about ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement