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.

Halstow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodleigh

Historical Forms

  • Haletrou (sic) 1086 DB
  • Halestowe 1244 Ass 1249 Ass
  • Halstowe 1449 FF 1493 Ipm
  • Halstowde (sic) 1504–15 ECP4,226

Etymology

Probably 'holy spot,' v. halig , stow . The DB form, if it belongs here, must be a scribal error.

Places in the same Parish