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.

Hawks Clough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Hawkesclo(u)gh(e) 1486 WCR1 1535 Stansf
  • Haukeclogh 1531 FGr
  • Haukes Clough 1624 Greave
  • Hawkecloughe in Sowerby 1654 PRHept

Etymology

Hawks Clough, 1450 Watson 79, 1660 PRHept, Hawkesclo (u )gh (e )1486WCR 1, 1535 Stansf, Haukeclogh 1531FGr 2, Haukes Clough 1624 Greave, Hawkecloughe in Sowerby 1654 PRHept. 'The hawk's valley', v. hafoc , clōh ; cf. Hawks Clough in Midgley 134supra ; the spellings for the two names cannot certainly be kept apart.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement