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.

Ellistones

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Helistones, Helystones 1274,1275 WCR 1379 PT
  • Helystanes 1298 WCR
  • Helyston 1275 ib
  • Eliston(e)s 1275,1296 WCR 1344 YDvi
  • Heleystones 1405 WCR10

Etymology

Ellistones, Helistones , Helystones 1274, 1275 WCR (p), 1379 PT (p), Helystanes 1298 WCR (p), Helyston 1275 ib (p), Eliston (e )s 1275, 1296 WCR (p), 1344 YD vi(p), Heleystones 1405WCR 10. Probably 'rocking stones', v. hǣlig 'unstable', stān .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name