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.

Netherton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Netherton 1495 WB 1605 FF 1633 WillY 1771 M
  • Neatherton 1590 FF

Etymology

Netherton, Netherton 1495WB , 1605 FF, 1633 WillYet freq to 1771 M, Neatherton 1590 FF. 'Lower hamlet', v. neoðera , tūn (cf. Mickletown 127supra ); it lies in the valley bottom below South Crosland.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name