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.

Northowram

Major Settlement in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Ufrun 1086 DB
  • Huuerũ 1166 P
  • Northuuerum 1202 FF 1274 WCR 1306 ib
  • Northuurum 1274 ib
  • Ouerum 1307 WCR
  • Northouerum, Northoverum 13 YDvi 1275 WCR 1276 RH 1309 Ext
  • Northouurum 1286 WCR
  • Northorum 1275,1286 WCR 1541,1545 WillY
  • Hourum 1316 Vill
  • Ourom(e) 1402 FA 1594 BM
  • Northourum 1308,1313,1323 WCR
  • Northourom(e) 1384 YDi 1503 FF
  • Northowrom(e), Northowram 1358 BM 1379 PT 1433 Arm 1654 YDvii

Etymology

'(On) the slopes', v. ufer , -um , and cf. Southowram 89supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement