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.

Glasshouses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Glassehouse(s) 1387 YD 1533 MinAcct
  • Glashows 1526 WillY
  • Glasses Brow 1828 Yorke

Etymology

Glasshouses, Glassehouse (s )1387YD 21, 1533MinAcct , Glashows 1526 WillY, Glasses Brow 1828Yorke . 'House where glass was made', v. glæs , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site