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.

Foster's Stone

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, cf. Forsterrake 1486WCR 1 , v. forestier ' forester ' , hraca ' rough path ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name