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.

Healey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Mashamshire

Historical Forms

Helagh 1279–81 QW 1327 Banco

Helaugh 1406 YI

Healey 1561 FF

Etymology

'High forest clearing' v. heah , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement