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.

Halligill Cote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

  • Halikeld Cote 1301 LS

Etymology

'Cottage near the holy well' v. halig , kelda , cot . Cf. Halikeld wap., Hallikeld House, and Hallikeld Spring 212, 218–9infra .For medial g cf. Wigginton 14supra .