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.

Halsteads

Early-attested site in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Allestodes, Allestedes 13 Percy
  • ye halsteide 1580 Skp
  • Hawstead 1679 YASMd

Etymology

Halsteads, Allestodes , Allestedes 13 Percy, ye halsteide 1580Skp 24, Hawstead 1679YAS Md 284. 'Site of a hall', v. hall , stede .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name