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.

Warley Town

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Warley Towne 1624 Greave 1709 WMB

Etymology

Warley Town, Warley Towne 1624 Greave, 1709 WMB. On this use of town to denote the village proper cf. Mickletown ii, 127supra .Warley itself was the name of the township rather than the village.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name