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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.

Castle, Castle Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Etymology

, 1649 PRHept , 1751 Rent , 1775 Watson59 , a house at the foot of a conical hill ( Watson ) , v. castel , which could be used of an ancient earthwork or a residence .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name