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.

High Stones

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hiestones 1637 SbCA

Etymology

, 1624 Greave , 1817 M , Hiestones 1637 SbCA , v. hēah ' tall,lofty ' , stān .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name