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.

City

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Winter royd or City 1626 FGr
  • a mess, called City 1832 ib

Etymology

, Winter royd or City 1626FGr 23, a mess , called City 1832 ib , from ME  city used in a jocular sense , as in Wheatley City 121supra , for small hamlets and farmsteads ; for the older name v. Winter Royd f.n. infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name