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.

Healey

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • les Hegh(e)leis 1203 YCh 13 YDvi
  • Heychelay l.13 YDv
  • Heley 1599 PRThl

Etymology

Healey, les Hegh (e )leis 1203 YCh 1797, 13 YD vi, Heychelay l. 13 YD v, Heley 1599 PRThl. 'High clearing', v. hēah , lēah . Healey is on the top of a ridge.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement