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.

Quick Stavers

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Whykstavers 1516 HAS
  • Querkestavere (sic) 1546 YChant
  • Quickstavers 1595 Stansf 1709 WMB
  • Lower Quickstavers, Over Quickstavers 1650 WCR7d
  • Quickstaffers 1624 Greave

Etymology

Quick Stavers, Whykstavers 1516 HAS 9, 68, Querkestavere (sic)1546 YChant, Quickstavers 1595 Stansf, 1709 WMB, Lower Quickstavers , Over Quickstavers 1650WCR 7d, Quickstaffers 1624 Greave. 'Live stakes', v. cwicu , stæfer ; the name doubtless refers to stakes which have taken root, possibly a quickset hedge; wick is the local form of quick .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement