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.

West Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Preston Deanery

Etymology

West Hall. Cf. le Hale , Haleiate c. 1300For , le Hale 1330Ass , Halleʒate 1346, Haleiate 1349For , Hallfeelde al. Totehill feelde t. ElizLRMB , Westhail 1747Recov . If this identification is correct the name is a corruption of earlier hale from healh , 'nook, corner.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement