Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Halybank(e), Halibank(e) 1461,1492 MinAcct

• Halaybank(e), Haleybank(e) 1499 WCR2d 1647 HAS

• Haley hill 1592 WillY

• Haylay, Haylay banke 1492 MinAcct 1530 Watson

• Hayley Hill 1533 1566 PRHfx 1822 Langd

• Hailiehill als. Batthill 1664 YAS

Etymology

Haley Hill, Halybank (e ), Halibank (e )1461, 1492MinAcct , Halaybank (e ), Haleybank (e )1499WCR 2d, 1647 HAS 9, 235, Haley hill 1592 WillY, Haylay , Haylay banke 1492MinAcct , 1530 Watson 653, Hayley Hill 1533 ib 328, 1566 PRHfxet freq to 1822 Langd, Hailiehill als. Batthill 1664YAS 212 cf. also the Hayley Carr 1778EnclA ; there was also the Halifax surname de Haylay 1311 WCR, de Hayeley 1323 ib, common as Hailey from the sixteenth century (PRHfx passim ) and derived from the p.n. Hayley from which Haley Hill is also named. The first el. is probably OE  (ge)hæg 'enclosure', the compound meaning 'enclosed clearing' or the like; v. lēah , hyll . On the interchange of Hay - and Ha - cf. Phonol. § 11. For Batthill cf. Bate End supra .