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.

Long Tongue Scrog

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Long Tongue shrogg 1847 TA
  • Long Tongue 1720,1792 WB32,54

Etymology

, Long Tongue shrogg 1847TA , Long Tongue 1720,1792WB 32, 54 , v. lang , tunge ' tongue of land ' , scrogge ' brushwood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name