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.

Hightown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Heton Green 1675 Og
  • High-Town 1706 PRHrb 1709 WMB

Etymology

Hightown, Heton Green 1675 Og, High -Town 1706 PRHrb, 1709 WMB, the upper part of Liversedge, v. hēah , tūn , cf. Mickletown ii, 127supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name