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.

Ogden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Okedene 1309 WCR
  • Ogden 1693 Yorke 6,1797 Surv

Etymology

Ogden, Okedene 1309 WCR (p), Ogden 1693Yorke 23, 6, 1797Surv .'Oak valley', v. āc , denu . Og - arises by voicing before the following voiced -d -.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement