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.

Row Pickle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Rawepithel 1308 WCR
  • Roupighille 1331 ib
  • Rawpyghill 1492 MinAcct
  • Rawpigge hill 1624 Greave
  • Rawpighel 1709 WMB
  • Raw Pickle 1816 Warl

Etymology

Row Pickle, Rawepithel 1308 WCR, Roupighille 1331 ib (p), Rawpyghill 1492MinAcct , Rawpigge hill 1624 Greave, Rawpighel 1709 WMB, Raw Pickle 1816 Warl. 'Enclosure near a row of houses', v. rāw , pightel .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name