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.

Snape

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Snape 1313 WCR 1486 WCR1 1492 MinAcct 1839 ValS
  • Snap 1379 PT
  • Snapp 1462 MinAcct
  • Snepe 1624 HAS

Etymology

Snape, Snape 1313 WCR, 1486WCR 1, 1492MinAcct et freq to 1839ValS , Snap 1379 PT (p), Snapp 1462MinAcct , Snepe 1624 HAS 14, 191, cf. also Snaperode 1308 WCR, Snapelane 1690 HAS 14, 150. Probably 'poor pasture-land', v. snap , but difficult to distinguish from OE  snæp 'boggy piece of land'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement