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.

Hale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Hale 1086 DB
  • Hale iuxta Tymperlegh 1350 Plea
  • Hal' 1260 Court
  • Hales 1398 ChRR

Etymology

'at the nook', v. halh (dat.sg. hale ), from its situation in a hollow to the east of Bowdon 15supra . A plural form Hales 1398 ChRR probably refers to this place and to Eastoe Lane infra , Easterlane Fm 28infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site