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.

Haybays

Other OS name in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • The Hay Bays Yard 1841 TA

Etymology

, The Hay Bays Yard 1841TA , v. hēg , bay 2 . Professor Löfvenberg draws attention to ModEdial.  hay-bay ' a place on theground-floor for keeping hay ' ( WO ; EDD ) and cites bay sb NED .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site