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.

Horley Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Horlawegrene 1374,1434 WCR
  • Horlawgrenecross 1537 HAS
  • Horleygrene, Horleygreen(e) 1565 PRHfx 1565,1570 WillY 1577 Tayl 1625 WB37 1733 HfxD
  • Halley Greene 1665 Visit
  • Hawlawgreen 1682 FGr
  • Harley Green 1709 WMB

Etymology

'Filth hill' (probably denoting 'a dung-hill'), v. horu , hlāw , grēne 2 'grassy plot'. But 'grey or boundary mound' (v. hār ) is also possible. The later spellings are attempts at phonetic representations.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name