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.

Load Clough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Lodeclogh(e) 1462,1492 MinAcct 1499 WCR2d
  • Lode Clough 1624 Greave 1805 YAS

Etymology

Load Clough, Lodeclogh (e )1462, 1492MinAcct , 1499WCR 2d, Lode Clough 1624 Greave, 1805 YAS 15, 317. The first el. is probably OE  (ge)lād in the sense 'water-course'; v. clōh 'a dell'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement