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.

Harrowins

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Horwythyns, Horwythins 1434 Stansf 1682 HAS
  • Hardwythings 1612 MinAcct

Etymology

Harrowins, Horwythyns , Horwythins 1434 Stansf, 1682 HAS 8, 186, Hardwythings 1612MinAcct , probably derived as a collective noun from an OE  hāra -wīðig (occurring in OE  charter boundaries), surviving only in dial. hoarwithy 'the white-beam' and in the p.n. Hoarwithy He (cf. Ekwall DEPN s.n.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement