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.

Alcomden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Ancomden 1678 Stansf
  • Alcomden 1580 WillY 1644 PRHept
  • Alcomdain 1736 Wad

Etymology

Alcomden, Ancomden (?sic for Aucomden ) 1678 Stansf, Alcomden 1580 WillY, 1644 PRHept, Alcomdain 1736 Wad 108, cf. also Halcom '1379 PT (p) (for Wadsworth), Alconley 1371 WCR (p). The first el. is un- certain, but it may well be the pers.n. Alcolm (e ), recorded in DB as the name of the tenant of Earby and Thornton in Craven (DB). The origin of this pers.n. is obscure (Feilitzen 143). v. denu 'valley'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement