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.

Worlow

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • War Low 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, War Low 1843 O.S. , probably hār 2 ' grey ' ( also in the sense ' boundary ' ) , hlāw ' mound, hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name