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.

Owlers, Far Owlers

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • (Nether) Olers 1771 M
  • Owlers 1817 M
  • Owlers Head 1850 TA

Etymology

, (Nether ) Olers 1771 M, Owlers 1817 M, Owlers Head 1850TA , v. alor ' alder-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement