Glass Houghton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Castleford
Historical Forms
- Hoctun 1086 DB
- Hogton 1366 DodsN
- Hoghton 1251 Ch 1304 Ebor 1316 Vill 1323 MinAcct 1523 TestLds
- Hoytton 1263 Hemii,26
- Houghton 1503 FF 1530 Testv 1578 Dep 1740 LdsM
- Glass Houghton 1817 M 1822 Langd
- Hooghton 1535 YE
- Glass Houton 1793 PRRth
Etymology
'Farmstead on the spur of land', v. hōh , tūn ; the place is on the edge of a hill. 'Glass' from the glassworks here; cf. 'at the Glasshouse at Houghton near Pontefract is made…all sorts of Window Glass' (1740 LdsM 84).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Church Field Lane
- Hole Hill
- Holywell Wood
- Houghton Carr
- Mickle Hill
- Park Fields
- Red Hill
- Weetworth
- Beancroft St
- Castleford Bridge
- Castleford Ings
- Half Acres
- Heald Field
- Longacre
- Red Hill
- Round Hill
- Ryebread
- Snawthorne Hill
- Fern Hill
- Carr Beck, Carr Gates & Carr Wood
- Flass Lane