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.

Hallamshire

Local district in the County of West Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Forms

  • Halumsira 1161 YCh1268
  • Halums(c)hir(e) 1276 RH Ed2 Dugdvi 1367 YDv,74 1367 BM 1410,1461 Pat
  • comitatum de Halum 1451 FA
  • Hallums(c)hir(e), Hallumscire 13 YDx 1268 FF 1279–81 QW c.1280 YDv,70 1298 YI 1398 YDxiii,66
  • Halomshire 1303 KF 1401 Pat 1441 BM
  • Halomeschire 1394 ADii
  • Halomeshier 1515 Testv
  • Halamshyre, Halamshire 1473–4 Pat 1543 Leland
  • Hallomshyre 1564 FF

Parishes in this Local district

None